
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: Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit Ireland
Do you have Viking roots? Check out these Irish surnames with strong links
On this day: Raising a toast to Arthur Guinness, brewing visionary
All about the Irish surname O'Hara
Who were the druids? The magical people of ancient Ireland
The Guinness family’s influence on Dublin extends far beyond pints of stout
The origins and history of the surname MacCarthy
These English words all have Irish roots
Seeing Ireland through my father's vintage Kodachrome images
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- 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
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