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.
Nollaig na mBan – Women’s Christmas is celebrated in Ireland today!
On This Day: Colonel James Fitzmaurice, one of Ireland's greatest aviators, was born
On This Day: Nellie Cashman, aka the "Angel of the Yukon", died in 1925
The rare Irish name given to nine baby girls last year
The 15 best insults from early Irish
Top ten Irish New Year’s resolutions and why they’re never kept
Good and bad luck signs from Irish folklore
New Year’s Day traditions from 1930s Ireland
Irish New Year's Eve toasts and blessings to ring in 2025
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
