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 ancient race who ruled Ireland and their magic harp
The best stories from Irish mythology
Did the ancient Celts practice human sacrifice?
The ancient Irish myth Children of Lir, the basis for Swan Lake
Why the Irish Love a Freebie and How Incentives Have Evolved
Who is the Irish demon girl from ancient myths and legends?
A hard Christmas it was in London in the 1960s
The history behind Ireland’s ancient Druids
Irish Legend: The Song of Fionuala of the Children of Lir
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- 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
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- 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
