
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.

What miracles did St. Patrick perform?
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
WATCH: Short film from 1910 proves the Irish emigrant's tale is timeless
Honoring the legacy of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
Where is the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world?
This new twist on an old-fashioned Irish boy's name is rising in popularity
The history of the St. Patrick's Day shamrock ceremony at the White House
St. Patrick's real name was actually Maewyn Succat
A St. Patrick's Day public service announcement - It's "Paddy, Not Patty"!
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- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Irish facts about Independence Day you may not know
WATCH: Remarkable footage from a Magdalene Laundry in the 1940s
An Irish nun's friendship with Princess Diana
Genealogy
