
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.

Irish government buys historic Moore Street site of 1916 Rising surrender
Historic Loop Head lighthouse once again lights up the Wild Atlantic Way
How construction workers discovered a 1,000-year-old passage
Full results from the 45th annual World Irish Dancing Championships
Americans attempt to pronounce traditional Irish names (VIDEO)
Was Daniel O’Connell a rack-rent landlord during the Famine?
Tourists are now visiting Ireland for…the butter
Irish honor Polish explorer and scientist who helped Famine victims
A very brief history of Irish brewing
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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

Irish architect of a US icon: James Hoban’s design legacy in Washington's White House
4,000 women from workhouses in Ireland became Australian pioneers
Haunting Irish mugshots from 1850s home in NYC Library
IFI collection features historic newsreels of Michael Collins and the 1916 Rising
Ireland's Gaelic games: A deep dive into Irish culture and heritage
Genealogy
