Roots
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Top interesting facts about County Cork
On This Day: Micheál O’Hanrahan, Easter Rising leader, was executed
On This Day: Edward Daly, the Easter Rising leader was executed
Fast-rising "classic" baby names that are making a comeback in Ireland in 2025
What's your Irish county? County Carlow
On This Day: The first executions of 1916 Easter Rising leaders begin
May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Adorable Irish baby girl name with beautiful meaning is trending in the UK
Ireland's ancient Celtic festival of Bealtaine, a celebration of summer's arrival
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: Frederick Douglass's powerful Cork speech denouncing racism was published in the Cork Examiner
Halloween in Ireland and its origins in the Celtic festival Samhain
LISTEN: Ireland’s greatest storyteller has the best spooky Halloween stories
Kinsale's Lady in White haunts Charles Fort
Search is on for people born in Ireland before the 1926 Census
Genealogy
