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.
Celebrating the beloved song "The Foggy Dew" and its history
How Irish folklore inspired the black cat superstition
Ireland's ancient Celtic festival of Bealtaine, a celebration of summer's arrival
This moving poem on death, adapted by Irish monks, offers quiet comfort
Public asked to shape future of Aughrim Battle site upgrade
Ireland’s Brehon Laws were way ahead of their time
Stand with Irish stories and sustain independent journalism
Six interesting facts about Easter Rising 1916 leaders
Seán Heuston’s stand at the Mendicity Institution helped shape the Easter Rising
Most read
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- 2 Brits can’t get enough of Hurling on BBC as Limerick seal All-Ireland final
- 3 Taoiseach congratulates new British Prime Minister
- 4 "Tracing Forward" - New geneaology resource to find living Irish relatives
- 5 Paul Mescal gets sweet shout-out on Gracie Abrams' new album
- 6 Ireland to invest €4 million for Women in Sport
- 7 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
- 8 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
- 9 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
History
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s famous speech on anniversary of the moon landing
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Genealogy
