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.
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with these Irish poems and songs
We need more Lilys - Celebrating the strength of a gentle Irish grandmother
The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada
Where is the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world?
“Ag Críost an Síol” - a St. Patrick’s Day song to remember
A St. Patrick's Day public service announcement - It's "Paddy, Not Patty"!
The Irish girls’ names that are ‘red hot’ in the US that Irish parents would never choose
Facts about St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
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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
