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.
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Most read
- 1 The unbreakable rules of growing up in an Irish household
- 2 Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
- 3 Five things you didn't know about the Cliffs of Moher
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 5 On This Day: Five killed in Miami Showband Massacre in Co Down in 1975
- 6 WATCH: Experience the majestic Atlantic Skellig coast in South Kerry
- 7 WATCH: Dublin's buskers gather to say goodbye to Glen Hansard with the songs he gave them
- 8 From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
- 9 "Such a massive loss to his son" Glen Hansard singing has fans in tears
History
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
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
Genealogy