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.
Irish giant folklore might be explained by genetic study
The Celtic and Catholic traditions of St. Brigid and her cross
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
On This Day: Iconic Irish writer William Butler Yeats died in 1939
On This Day: Jim Larkin, lion of the Irish labor movement, was born in 1874
On This Day: “The Playboy of the Western World” opens at Dublin's Abbey Theater
Ireland's best places to visit - from natural beauty to a dose of craic!
On This Day: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
On This Day: Kevin Barry was executed in Dublin in 1920
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- 1 Go green this Black Friday: CIE Tours give sneak peek at exclusive Ireland deals
- 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
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