
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.

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
How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
The history, facts and meaning behind the Irish name Butler
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 This Day: One-fifth of Ireland attends Michael Collins's funeral in Dublin
WATCH: Dr Jeremiah Lane: Ireland’s “oldest GP” practiced medicine into his late 90s
Irish author remembered today on "The Duchess Who Wasn't" Day
Royal roots unearthed: Queen Elizabeth’s lineage traces back to Brian Boru
The Troubles remembered: 3,500 lives lost and its lingering echoes
Genealogy
