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.
Pagan roots of St. Brigid’s Well in the West of Ireland
"Irish? Catholic? Join Here": Finding community with The Ancient Order of Hibernians
How Brigid went from a Celtic goddess to Catholic saint
On This Day: “The Playboy of the Western World” opens at Dublin's Abbey Theater
The unique Irish boy name given to three babies in Ireland last year
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's work influenced by his Irish roots, say family
Brigid: The storied history of the Irish name
Ancient Sheela na Gigs, Irish statues of women exposing themselves, explained
On This Day: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
Recalling my emigrant journey to London from rural Ireland in 1960
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- 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
The Celtic and Catholic traditions of St. Brigid and her cross
On This Day: Derry civil rights marchers shot and killed on Bloody Sunday
On This Day: Kitty O'Shea was born in London in 1846
On This Day: Luke Kelly of The Dubliners passed away in 1984
On This Day: Iconic Irish writer William Butler Yeats died in 1939
Genealogy
