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.
How did Barbary apes wind up in Ireland 2,300 years ago?
10 previously very common Irish baby names that are going extinct
On This Day: Five brave Sullivan brothers killed on same day during WWII
Guess which famous Irish singer is related to Kate Middleton
Lance-Corporal Michael O’Leary, a true Irish WWI hero
Ireland's historical transport records now available online
On This Day: Ellis Island closed its doors in 1954 after admitting millions of immigrants
Why 1969 was the craziest year in Irish American history
Martinmas in Ireland and its geese, blood rites and old customs
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
First Irish-language newspaper An Gaodhal now available online
How a falling window led to a major archaeological discovery in Ireland
Standing ovation: Dublin's Abbey Theatre's role in shaping Ireland's history
WATCH: “Forgotten Irish” a 1981 documentary on the Irish in Newfoundland
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling": From Tin Pan Alley to an Irish anthem
Genealogy
