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.
On This Day: Iconic Irish writer William Butler Yeats died in 1939
Ireland's little-known Mermaid Saint
Pagan roots of St. Brigid’s Well in the West of Ireland
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
On This Day: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
Most read
- 1 Book launch of "Rockin’ the Bronx" by Larry Kirwan coming to New York Irish Center
- 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
History
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
A look back on the first Good Friday when pubs in Ireland could open
On This Day: Carpathia arrives in New York with hundreds of Titanic survivors
World Heritage Day: UNESCO Heritage Sites and culture around Ireland
Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
Genealogy
