
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 Patrick Kavanagh poem that invokes Irish Christmas nostalgia
Ever wonder how many places in Ireland are called "bally"?
Lunar eclipse was welcomed by Celts in ancient times
The world's fascination with Ireland's fairy folklore
New TG4 doc explores book banned 100 years ago for being "too dangerous"
This Christmas as you decorate your tree consider planting your Irish roots in Ireland
Tales of ancient Irish heroes more accessible in online database
50 tragic portraits of Irish Famine victims in the poorhouses of New York
Did the ancient Celts practice human sacrifice?
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
