
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.

Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre to host a series of historic tours
When the Blasket Islanders were evacuated to mainland in 1953
On This Day: Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean dies in 1938
10 rare Irish baby girl names to have on your radar in 2025
Remarkable footage of the Cliffs of Moher in 1957
On This Day: “Pygmalion” playwright, George Bernard Shaw, was born in 1856
1916 Easter Rising museum on Moore Street in Dublin moves forward
WATCH: Incredible remastered footage of Michael Collins in color
How the illegitimate son of a Sligo man became the father of Chilean independence
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- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
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- 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
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