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.
Where the Black Irish really came from and no, it wasn’t the Spanish Armada
The English land agent who inspired the "boycott" in 19th-century Ireland
Lock of Michael Collins' hair sells at auction for over $23k
The fascinating history of Cobh in Co Cork
Britain’s original Kings were Irish Celts
“No Irish Need Apply” signs existed despite denials, high schooler proved
Join in on the craic of St. Patrick's Festival by tuning into SPF TV anywhere in the world
Why we’re proud to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
How to find out where your ancestors lived in Ireland
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 Ways you know you grew up in the Irish countryside
- 3 The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
- 4 Gone to America - a haunting abandoned house in Donegal reveals its story
- 5 Summer of strikes: Every European walkout that could wreck your holiday flights this summer
- 6 This Irish brown bread ice cream recipe is unexpectedly good
- 7 First major Bloomsday with Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh was a wild, drunk time
- 8 Irish country green spring soup recipe
- 9 Cool, calm and Celtic: why Ireland makes the perfect coolcation
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