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.
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Jimmy Gralton, only Irishman ever deported to America from Ireland
Cobh to mark centenary of RMS Lusitania sinking
How the Irish make the English language their own, for the “craic”
Mines on sunken 1917 German U-boat in Co. Cork waters to be removed
5 things you didn't know about your Tipperary ancestors
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American tourists try out distinctly Irish conversations (VIDEO)
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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
The Irish legend of Finn Mac Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge
WATCH: An intimate, fascinating look into the history of Ireland’s folklife
Ancient Irish legends and myths surrounding the Cliffs of Moher
Give the gift of Irish heritage and storytelling this Christmas
The ancient Irish tradition of hunting the wren on St. Stephen’s Day
Genealogy
