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.
Irish New Year traditions that span the centuries
The ancient Irish tradition of hunting the wren on St. Stephen’s Day
Nollaig Shona Dhuit! Irish Christmas blessings to share with friends and family
Memories of a Midnight Mass in Co Tyrone, 1968
Irish blessings and songs perfect for Christmas
The best stories from Irish mythology
On this day: Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett dies in 1989
Magic of Newgrange at winter solstice never fails to astound
The classic Irish name that’s growing in popularity in the UK
Most read
- 1 Ireland Unrushed: Why slowing down is the best way to see Ireland
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
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