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.
Beat Blue Monday 2025 with these Irish words of wisdom
On This Day: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States
On This Day: Cork-born venerable Mary Aikenhead born in 1787
The Irish American gangster whose family rose from Chicago's ashes
Two spots in Tehran, Iran pay homage to Bobby Sands
WATCH: Newsreel of William T. Cosgrave's 1928 visit to the US and Canada
Behind the Irish name: Mairead, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
Traditional Irish wakes called for drinks, pranks, games, and songs
The traditional role of pubs in Irish funerals
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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
Tír Na nÓg - The legend of Oisín, Niamh and land of eternal youth
The storytelling keepers of Ireland's rich folklore heritage
WATCH: A Christmas shopping sneak peek in 1963 Dublin
The eight sacred Celtic holidays of the year
From Dublin drunk to Burmese monk - the Irishman who became the first western Buddhist monk
Genealogy
