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.
The Shamrock Children: German refugees who found shelter in Ireland after WWII
On VE Day, recalling this Irishman's horrific World War II experience
VE Day, the end of WWII in Europe, was marked with civil disturbances around Dublin
What about the Irish? NYC schools get Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day
Ireland’s oldest grave is more than 9,000 years old
WATCH: Trinity symposium discusses Irish partition and its legacies
“Darkness is over” - Celtic Bealtaine celebrated in Ireland with ancient ceremony
Celtic myth still hold influence on Australian baby names in 2021
Celebrate Arbor Day by planting an Irish Heritage Tree
Most read
- 1 The Irish flag and the Ivory Coast flag - the two most confused flags in the world
- 2 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 3 The magic of Ireland’s thatched cottages
- 4 Three delicious potato recipes for an easy Irish-inspired meal
- 5 The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
- 6 Gone to America - a haunting abandoned house in Donegal reveals its story
- 7 First major Bloomsday with Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh was a wild, drunk time
- 8 No home, no wedding: Housing crisis blamed for collapse in Ireland's marriage rates
- 9 Major search launched over murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob
History