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.
A reunion at an 18th-century family homestead in Leitrim
On This Day: William Butler Yeats wins the Nobel Prize in 1923
On This Day: Five brave Sullivan brothers killed on same day during WWII
The history behind some of Ireland's most famous symbols
The Irish origins of Lynching
On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879
Walt Disney wore THIS iconic piece of Irish jewellery up until his death
Unique Irish names for your winter baby
On This Day: John F. Kennedy declared winner of 1960 US Presidential Election
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
Genealogy