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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Oral history archive celebrates 50 years of the Irish language in Boston
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Green St. Patrick's Day cupcake recipe to make with the kids
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- 2 Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
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- 5 Exploring Ireland's Gaeltachts: A revival of the Irish language
- 6 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 7 On This Day: Five killed in Miami Showband Massacre in Co Down in 1975
- 8 Emotional footage shows Glen Hansard’s final gig just hours before fatal crash
- 9 WATCH: Experience the majestic Atlantic Skellig coast in South Kerry
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