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 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
On This Day: Kevin Barry was executed in Dublin in 1920
Bantry Bay's rich history and world famous song
Happy Halloween! The Irish origins of today's traditions
On This Day: Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, the Irish priest who saved thousands during WWII, died in 1963
Exploring the truth and reality on Irish Famine coffin ships
Genealogy
