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.
What is the Irish Christmas season tradition of Daisy Day?
Ancient Christmas traditions that are still followed in Ireland
When JFK reassured a little girl that the Russians would not kill Santa
10 Irish folk cures, spells and superstitions to cure all ailments
The Dearg Dur - the origin story of the Waterford legend
The history of Irish Christmas traditions
On this day: Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett dies in 1989
The Irish legend of the Pooka
The eight sacred Celtic holidays of the year
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- 4 Galway City Museum receives €12 million investment for redevelopment
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- 8 Ireland's unique and amazing animals
- 9 On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
History
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Genealogy
