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.
A short history of the Irish surname name Gallagher
“Praise Allah” - Were the Vikings connected to the Islamic world?
How Michael Collins helped save Winston Churchill’s career
New radio documentary tells the story of the Irish man who led the Bear River Massacre
Our favorite Irish baby girl names
These Irish names are “so out they’re in" for 2023, experts claim
When a 1,000-year-old Viking sword was found at Co Cork's Beamish brewery
IrishCentral readers’ 30 favorite Irish names for girls
On This Day: The last surviving child of an Easter Rising leader was born in 1913
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
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
First through Ellis island - Annie Moore’s tough and tragic life
New Year’s Day traditions from 1930s Ireland
Was Ireland a good tourist spot in the '80s?
Genealogy
