
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.

How Brigid went from a Celtic goddess to Catholic saint
On This Day: “The Playboy of the Western World” opens at Dublin's Abbey Theater
The unique Irish boy name given to three babies in Ireland last year
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's work influenced by his Irish roots, say family
Brigid: The storied history of the Irish name
On This Day: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
Recalling my emigrant journey to London from rural Ireland in 1960
Albert F. Coyle: The forgotten Irish American hero of the Holocaust
The poetry of Irish sayings and phrases
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

Ireland’s Titanic: The tragic sinking of the RMS Leinster in 1918
On This Day: The Irish Crown Jewels disappear from Dublin Castle in 1907
WATCH: An incredible tram ride through 1901 Belfast
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
Genealogy
