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.
On this day: The Empress of Ireland, 'Canada's Titanic,' sinks in 1914
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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: In 1725 Dublin children received the first smallpox vaccination
On This Day: The Dublin Lockout begins in 1913
The historic Donegal lodge that paved the way for Irish seaside resorts
WATCH: Short film reveals the terrible history of 'No Irish Need Apply'
Maureen O'Hara's "sex scandal" that led to a libel case
Genealogy
