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.
Was Saint Patrick really saintly or a criminal?
The Irish Confederate who has a city and two counties in the US named after him
Irish Heritage Tree planted in honor of James Joyce's Ulysses
WATCH: This short Irish film features the best parts of old Ireland
St. Patrick's Festival is back! Schedule revealed for biggest Irish event of the year
The best real-life Irish love stories for St. Valentine’s Day
The Dublin doctor who fought to end slavery and Irish racism in the US
On This Day: Larry Cunningham, the "King of the Showbands", was born in Longford
Facts about the Irish and sex
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 From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
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
