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.
First through Ellis island - Annie Moore’s tough and tragic life
New Year’s Day traditions from 1930s Ireland
100 Irish first names and their beautiful meanings
Irish New Year's Eve toasts and blessings to ring in 2026
Expert says this 1900s boy name is going to be everywhere next year
Trace your ancestry on an unforgettable Irish road trip in 2026
Why 40,000 Protestants fled Ireland in four years
First casualty of the US Civil War was an Irish soldier
These festive Irish names were the most popular for babies born in December last year
The remarkable tale of a Louth woman who fought in the American Civil War
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- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
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- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
Where Irish history was made - Top towns and places
Support the stories that unite the global Irish family this New Year
Was "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" Audrey Hepburn character inspired by an Irish woman?
On New Year's Day 1892 Annie Moore was the first immigrant through Ellis Island
On This Day: Maria Edgeworth, author of "Castle Rackrent" was born in 1767
Genealogy
