Love Irish history? Share your favorite stories with other history buffs in the IrishCentral History Facebook group. It then became popular to use the father’s occupation to create a surname, ...

Irish names have been popular in the United States for generations, with millions of Americans claiming Irish heritage. Some ...

If your surname is O’Neill, you could make some claim to Irish royalty, since it is believed that name originated with Niall Naoigallach (or Niall of Nine Hostages), a legendary high king of ...

With the surname Letts, it’s not surprising that diaries ... Co Dublin. The open spaces of Ireland and the open nature of ...

Genealogists try to trace Irish heritage wherever they can. With Kamala Harris’s running mate, things got complicated.

Benny Brogan, a member of the famous Dublin GAA clan, tells the story that for one part of his life he was known as Bernard ...

You might not have met the bun in your oven yet, but you have a hunch that you’re going to be greeted with a very spirited ...

The thing about history is it has already happened. The thing about lessons is we are never done learning them.

Students at Trinity College Dublin are conflicted after the college's main library was renamed due its previous namesake's ...

It has long been thought that Patrick Brontë – Charlotte, Emily and Anne’s father – changed his Irish surname of Prunty or Brunty when he entered St John’s College, Cambridge. Eight years ...

Ronnie Dawson, who captained the British and Irish Lions in a record six Test matches before becoming one of the world’s ...

British & Irish Lions legend and World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Dawson has passed away at the age of 92.