
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.

Bruce Springsteen’s Irish roots traced to Co Kildare
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
All about the Irish surname O'Hara
On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
21 Irish surnames that make brilliant baby names
Welcoming the autumnal equinox at one of Ireland’s most magical ancient sites
On This Day: US Army Brigadier General Michael Corcoran was born in Sligo in 1827
Understanding how Irish surnames were created
On This Day: Michael Cusack, the father of the GAA, is born in Co Clare
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: Edward Flanagan, the Irish founder of Boys Town, was born
WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Fenian Brotherhood in NYC
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Genealogy
