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.
Irish prayers and wishes for a newborn
International Polar Bear Day: DNA proves Irish brown bears related to polar bears
How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
Did you know that St. Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria?
Weird and wonderful facts about St. Patrick and March 17
Secrets of each Celtic symbol and ancient astrology revealed
On This Day: John Holland, who designed the first submarine, is born in 1841
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- 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
