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.
St. James’s Hospital Dublin's history as a workhouse for destitute beggars
Beautiful Irish baby names inspired by places in Ireland
Famed poet Dylan Thomas and his wild adventures at the ancient Irish Puck Fair
LISTEN: A history of the Great Hunger ballad "Skibbereen"
WATCH: Choir's infectious rendition of ancient Irish language song
On This Day: Irish poet, writer and nationalist John Boyle O’Reilly died
94-year-old American flag to be donated to Laois in honor of Irish pilot
50,000 Famine Irish were deported back to Ireland from the US
The Céide Fields - Mayo's Stone Age monument wonder
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
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
On this day: In 1725 Dublin children received the first smallpox vaccination
Genealogy
