
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 surnames as baby first names? Really!
The Boss turns 76 - Tracing Bruce Springsteen’s roots back to Kildare
On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
The restricted New York City island where Irish woman 'Typhoid Mary' died
Welcoming the autumnal equinox at one of Ireland’s most magical ancient sites
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Reilly Clan
Behind the Name: Sinead, an Irish name deserving of a return to the spotlight
On This Day: US Army Brigadier General Michael Corcoran was born in Sligo in 1827
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

These are some of the most haunted places in Ireland to visit
WATCH: A breathtaking look at Aran Island inhabitants nearly 100 years ago
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
Genealogy
