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: Outlaw Ned Kelly executed in Australia in 1880
Remembrance Sunday: Nearly 1,000 Irish died serving US army in World War I
Irish soldiers who died in World War I listed in new online database
An Cailleach - the Irish goddess of the winter and following her trail in Ireland
Irish American first name voted scientifically “most beautiful”
On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879
On This Day: John F. Kennedy declared winner of 1960 US Presidential Election
The Irish hands that built the Empire State Building
On This Day: IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, 12 killed
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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
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