
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 latest Cromwellian development at Co Fermanagh's Keenaghan Abbey
How a little Irish girl forced Pope Pius X to change age of First Communion
WATCH: AOH launches poignant video to mark Irish American Heritage Month
Why Italians should reclaim St. Patrick's Day
The tragic death of Patrick, JFK and Jackie's newborn son, in 1963
IrishCentral Book of the Month: "Becoming Irish American” by Timothy J. Meagher
Irish American Heritage Month: Ireland and US "united by history, heritage, and hope"
Things every Irish parent will say to their American kids this St. Patrick's Day
Facts you should know about Guinness before St. Patrick's Day
Most read
- 1 How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
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