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.
Tír Na nÓg - The legend of Oisín, Niamh and land of eternal youth
The storytelling keepers of Ireland's rich folklore heritage
From Dublin drunk to Burmese monk - the Irishman who became the first western Buddhist monk
Irish myths and legends - the giant and the baby
WATCH: Irish school children explain Ireland's famous superstitions and folklore
Good and bad luck signs from Irish folklore
Ireland’s Hound of the Deep - the Irish mythical monster Dobhar Chú
AGI reveals hidden treasures in Irish census records beyond family names
A mythological Irish baby name is becoming popular with new parents
Most read
- 1 What do "Erin go Bragh" and other Irish phrases mean?
- 2 Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
- 3 Thousands of Sullivans / O'Sullivans descending on West Cork for world record attempt
- 4 Galway City Museum receives €12 million investment for redevelopment
- 5 Five book-to-screen adaptations with Irish links we're excited for
- 6 Taoiseach has his say on Israel boycott – says Ireland doesn’t need to be ‘self-defeating’
- 7 Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford
- 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
