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.
Remembering the Irish NYPD patrolman who wrote one of Ireland's most loved ballads
WATCH: An Irish priest's incredible film footage of mid-century American life
The Irish roots behind America's Groundhog Day
Exploring Celestial Celtic-Christianity this St. Brigid's Day
A guide to learning your Irish family history this St. Brigid's Day
WATCH: All about St. Brigid's Cross - and how to make your own!
On This Day: Thomas MacDonagh, the Easter Rising leader, was executed
Relishing "Mná na hÉireann" by Kate Bush for St. Brigid's Day
The enduring traditions of St. Brigid's Day
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
Exploring the truth and reality on Irish Famine coffin ships
The origins of anti-Irish jokes and how they impacted Irish worldwide
Stand with Irish stories and sustain independent journalism
On This Day: Irish-born Captain John Lonergan awarded the Medal of Honor in 1893
Ancient Irish myths that invoke the spirit of Samhain
Genealogy