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 Kate Spade: Celebrating her Irish roots on the anniversary of her passing
On This Day: Easter Rising hero James Connolly was born in Edinburgh
Irish baked garlic and cheese potatoes recipe
How to make traditional Irish colcannon
The Irish Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866
The mysterious death of Oscar Wilde's wife Constance Lloyd
Ireland announces participation in 2027 celebration of Norman history
What's your Irish County? County Westmeath
The Camino de Santiago and its links to Ireland's Guinness
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- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
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- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
St. Patrick’s Day on Achill Island - a day unlike any other
WATCH: Irish Colleens mark St. Patrick's Day more than a century ago
Ireland's spring equinox and St. Patrick's Day's pagan connection
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
We need more Lilys - Celebrating the strength of a gentle Irish grandmother
Genealogy