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 classic Irish name that’s growing in popularity in the UK
An Irish father's sense of loss at Christmas as he misses emigrant sons
The eight sacred Celtic holidays of the year
Christmas morning in Ireland: Memories from decades gone by
Before Anna Wintour, the fashion industry was ruled by a Dublin woman
Telling ancient Ireland's tales: Irish are the stories they tell
WATCH: These old Irish Christmas adverts will bring a tear to your eye
The ancient Irish myth Children of Lir, the basis for Swan Lake
The 11 worst Santa Claus and Christmas jokes of all time
A hard Christmas it was in London in the 1960s
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 2 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 3 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 4 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 5 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 6 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 7 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 8 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
- 9 President Michael D. Higgins accuses Israel of leaking his Iran letter
History
Memories of a Midnight Mass in Co Tyrone, 1968
A look at the partition of Ireland and its aftermath
WATCH: Santa Claus gets a chuckle from an Irish icon in this 1960s advert
Ireland’s forgotten 110-year-olds and how we are to finally honor them
On this day: Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett dies in 1989
Genealogy
