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 moving origins of the giant Celtic cross in a Donegal forest
Where the Black Irish really came from and no, it wasn’t the Spanish Armada
The English land agent who inspired the "boycott" in 19th-century Ireland
Lock of Michael Collins' hair sells at auction for over $23k
The fascinating history of Cobh in Co Cork
Britain’s original Kings were Irish Celts
“No Irish Need Apply” signs existed despite denials, high schooler proved
Join in on the craic of St. Patrick's Festival by tuning into SPF TV anywhere in the world
Why we’re proud to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
Most read
- 1 The unbreakable rules of growing up in an Irish household
- 2 The "P.S. I Love You" filming locations you can visit in Ireland
- 3 Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
- 4 On This Day: Five killed in Miami Showband Massacre in Co Down in 1975
- 5 Glen Hansard's Dublin wake and funeral to be open to the public
- 6 WATCH: Experience the majestic Atlantic Skellig coast in South Kerry
- 7 Wren’s Nest owner breaks silence on Glen Hansard’s final hours
- 8 WATCH: Dublin's buskers gather to say goodbye to Glen Hansard with the songs he gave them
- 9 Ed Sheeran brings his charity home to Ireland with new cross-border music project
History
Modern Art in Irish America: The Works of Joan Fitzgerald
How Maureen O’Hara said a final farewell to John Wayne
Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
Cork-born Mother Jones, the "most dangerous woman in America," inspired James Connolly
On this day in 1915, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was laid to rest in Dublin, igniting a revolution
Genealogy
