
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.

How your Irish ancestors traditionally upheld Lent
A history of the Irish girl's name Albha
Exploring Elvis Presley’s Irish roots in County Wicklow
The Irish American who invented green beer for St. Patrick's Day
Ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day that don't involve a pub
Fun facts about St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world
The most popular baby names in Ireland over the last 50 years
WATCH: How glamorous was Galway in this 1957 tourism video?
Celebrate Valentine's Day by gifting an Irish Heritage Tree planted in Ireland
Most read
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- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
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- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

Initial Tuam excavations uncover adult human tooth fragment and glass baby bottle feeders
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
The story behind Ireland's favorite song, "Zombie" by The Cranberries
History of the beloved "Song for Ireland"
Éamon de Valera - the Irish Machiavelli who destroyed Michael Collins
Genealogy
