
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.

The last man hanged in Ireland - the lamentation of Michael Barrett
The remaining symbolism of Catholic heritage in Ireland
The story behind Ireland’s four provinces
How to make a parshell, a traditional Irish Halloween cross, to keep evil spirits away
Donn, the mysterious Irish Lord of the Dead
Behind the Name: Éabha – a rare, yet popular name (let us explain!)
Exploring "Irish Grief: Traditions, Myths, and Mourning Practices” this Halloween
The USA doesn’t dip its flag at the Olympics thanks to this Irish American
The truth behind Ireland’s healers - the seventh sons of seventh sons
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

WATCH: Dr Jeremiah Lane: Ireland’s “oldest GP” practiced medicine into his late 90s
Irish author remembered today on "The Duchess Who Wasn't" Day
Royal roots unearthed: Queen Elizabeth’s lineage traces back to Brian Boru
The Troubles remembered: 3,500 lives lost and its lingering echoes
On this day: In 1725 Dublin children received the first smallpox vaccination
Genealogy
