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.
William Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" may have been based on an ancient Irish story
Ten signs you have Irish ancestors
How Brigid went from a Celtic goddess to Catholic saint
Pagan roots of St. Brigid’s Well in the West of Ireland
Brigid: The storied history of the Irish name
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
Woman, goddess, and saint - Brigid is a well of inspiration in modern Ireland
WATCH: All about St. Brigid's Cross - and how to make your own!
St. James’s Hospital Dublin's history as a workhouse for destitute beggars
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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
