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.
This month in history: The Spanish land at Kinsale in 1601
Find out the meaning behind your Irish surname - Part I
Nearly half a million Irish names recorded in New York almshouse ledgers dating back to 1700s
"May the road rise up to meet you" - the story behind the traditional Irish blessing
Top 12 facts you don’t know about Irish names
Ireland's most popular names for newborns in 2022 revealed
How many of these 101 Irish words do you know?
A short history of the Irish surname name Gallagher
“Praise Allah” - Were the Vikings connected to the Islamic world?
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Irish facts about Independence Day you may not know
WATCH: Remarkable footage from a Magdalene Laundry in the 1940s
Genealogy
