
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.

Surname study uncovered roots of Irish surnames
Expert names the top 25 Celtic baby names
The most popular Irish baby names in America
The Doyle clan - its meaning, Irish derivation and the places in Ireland it can be found
Ireland reclaims Halloween with launch of haunting Púca Festival
Boston's first Irish cop faced widespread prejudice when he was appointed in 1851
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," was born in 1745
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brady clan
Famous people past and present with Irish grandfathers
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 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

The sad decline of traditional Gaeltacht practices
On This Day: Edward Flanagan, the Irish founder of Boys Town, was born
WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Fenian Brotherhood in NYC
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
Genealogy
