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.
Pittsburgh Irish Festival 2025: A tradition reimagined with music, dance, and modern Celtic magic
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Celtic craic returns: Milwaukee Irish Fest 2025 set to rock the lakefront
The wonderfully strange history behind the Irish saying “chancing your arm”
The Pogues are back! Iconic Celtic punk group announces 2025 tour dates
On This Day: Father Michael McGivney, the Founder of the Knights of Columbus was born
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- 2 IrishCentral Book Club's ultimate Irish reading list
- 3 WATCH: Ireland as seen from a horse-drawn caravan 50 years ago
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- 5 Was the real King Arthur Irish?
- 6 Lord Haw Haw: Hitler's infamous Irishman hanged for treason
- 7 Celebrating the genius of James Joyce on Bloomsday
- 8 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
- 9 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
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