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.
Black Friday shopping? The best Irish gift ideas from local and online stores
On his birthday, the best quotes from Robert F. Kennedy
11 words the Irish use that confuse Americans
How JFK snagged 1,200 Cuban cigars before the trade embargo
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Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy - the scandalous, rebellious, and tragic life of JFK’s sister
PT Barnum circus star General Tom Thumb’s strong links to Ireland
The short, unhappy life of my great-grandfather Patrick O’Hanlon
Ancient secrets of the Hill of Tara revealed
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 New Year's Day 1892 Annie Moore was the first immigrant through Ellis Island
On This Day: Maria Edgeworth, author of "Castle Rackrent" was born in 1767
First through Ellis island - Annie Moore’s tough and tragic life
New Year’s Day traditions from 1930s Ireland
Was Ireland a good tourist spot in the '80s?
Genealogy
