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.
From Dublin drunk to Burmese monk - the Irishman who became the first western Buddhist monk
Irish myths and legends - the giant and the baby
WATCH: Irish school children explain Ireland's famous superstitions and folklore
Good and bad luck signs from Irish folklore
Ireland’s Hound of the Deep - the Irish mythical monster Dobhar Chú
AGI reveals hidden treasures in Irish census records beyond family names
A mythological Irish baby name is becoming popular with new parents
Ireland's top Christmas traditions that make the season
How many Dublins are there in America?
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 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
WATCH: Old Irish anti-war song comes to life in 1978 short film "Christmas Morning"
What is the Irish Christmas season tradition of Daisy Day?
Galway to host 2026 National Famine Commemoration
Ancient Christmas traditions that are still followed in Ireland
WATCH: Vintage Irish tourism video shows off the best bits of Ireland
Genealogy
