
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.

The Limerick man who became the mayor of Houston, Texas
Gathering tales from descendants of the Great Hunger
The murder of Cork’s first Republican Lord Mayor on this day in 1920
New trail in Massachusetts to celebrate Irish heritage on South Shore
Adopted daughter reveals 15-year secret relationship with birth mother
Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Irish around the world
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day from home with the Virtual St. Paddy's Day party
Milwaukee Irish Fest - 2020 line-up and BOGO ticket sale!
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- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
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- 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

The wonderfully strange history behind the Irish saying “chancing your arm”
Who killed Michael Collins? Questions still linger
The incredible life Grace O’Malley, Ireland’s 16th century pirate queen
How The Ancient Order of Hibernians identity is rooted in history
On This Day: Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol received its first prisoners in 1796
Genealogy
