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: James Hoban, the Kilkenny architect who designed the White House, died in 1831
Recalling John Lennon’s Irish connection on the anniversary of his death
Remembering a 1961 childhood Christmas in Ireland
This Christmas give a gift that will last a lifetime by planting an Irish Heritage Tree
The Patrick Kavanagh poem that invokes Irish Christmas nostalgia
Eyewitness account of a Great Famine workhouse on Christmas Day 1847
WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt almost a century ago
Top Irish Christmas traditions that make the season
Ancient Irish legends and myths surrounding the Cliffs of Moher
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- 1 Irish comedy legends Foil Arms and Hog are bringing their new show 'Skittish' to North America
- 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