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.
Surprising spots to use the ‘cupla focal’ in Ireland
Francis O'Neill: The Irish cop in Chicago who saved traditional Irish music
Spancil Hill - The tale behind the famous Irish ballad
Irish woman reunited with long-lost father tragically reveals he has Alzheimer's
Best songs of the 1916 Easter Rising
On This Day: Hurricane Charley blows into Ireland in 1986
The disturbing origins of the Irish Famine term “take the soup”
Irish traditional music remains Ireland's most enduring and defining product
On This Day: Brian Keenan released by Shi’ite militiamen in 1990
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- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
St. Patrick’s Breastplate: the prayer of Ireland's patron saint
St. Patrick’s Day on Achill Island - a day unlike any other
WATCH: Irish Colleens mark St. Patrick's Day more than a century ago
Ireland's spring equinox and St. Patrick's Day's pagan connection
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
Genealogy
