Roots
IrishCentral’s repository of everything to do with your Irish roots – from Irish history, your ancestors, your Irish name, to ancient myth, legend and folklore.
How the Irish were woken every morning before alarm clocks
How did Saint Patrick die?
Inspiring quotes from Irish heroes for International Women's Day
WATCH: Fall in love with vintage yet vibrant Derry in this 1968 travelogue
The National Famine Way Roadshow crossing the country in March
Was your family shanty or lace curtain Irish? It’s important
Woman urges people to stop using well-known Irish name with unfortunate meaning
Irish woman’s poem of emigration will stir your heart
Ancient Celtic symbols and their meanings
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- 1 Secrets of the Daniel O’Connell monument in Dublin
- 2 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 3 What is Bloomsday? Why does James Joyce's "Ulysses" matter so much?
- 4 IrishCentral Book Club's ultimate Irish reading list
- 5 WATCH: Ireland as seen from a horse-drawn caravan 50 years ago
- 6 John Lennon was getting ready to retire to Co Mayo before his tragic death
- 7 Was the real King Arthur Irish?
- 8 Yeats’s Nobel Prize win marked a turning point in Irish literature
- 9 Celebrating the genius of James Joyce on Bloomsday
