
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.

Kilkenny unveils memorial to one of the youngest military casualties of World War I
The Irishman who sailed to America with Christopher Columbus
The Irishman who claims to have saved Adolf Hitler’s life
New radio documentary follows Irish photojournalist who captured JFK's last moments
Oliver Cromwell’s war crimes: The Sack of Wexford on this day in 1649
John F. Kennedy Gravesite reopens at Arlington National Cemetery
1943 - Navy Destroyer USS The Sullivans is commissioned
Richie Neal's Irish roots and American political career
New research reveals Irish explorer Tom Crean’s journey along America’s coast
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- 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

On this day: Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan "accidentally" flies to Dublin instead of California
WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
WATCH: A colorful look at 1940 Dublin, "a city of romance and contrasts"
Kerryman leads charge to save Great Hunger collection in America
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
Genealogy
