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.
WATCH: A look at Ennis, Co Clare more than 70 years ago
On This Day: Easter Rising leader John MacBride executed in 1916
Ireland’s funniest regional jokes capture the spirit of the counties
Interesting facts about the lovely County Clare
On This Day: 1916 William Pearse was executed alongside his brother’s legacy
How to apply for an Irish passport
Treat her to a little bit of Ireland this Mother's Day with a unique Irish gift box
Diary of Co Armagh soldier, 17, killed at Battle of the Somme
40 children died in the Easter Rising, some with the taste of chocolate in their mouths
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
- 2 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
- 3 “We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
- 4 Northern Ireland Secretary of State: Benn out, Bryant in in Burnham's Cabinet reshuffle
- 5 New York Irish community mourns the passing of activist Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
- 6 Irish American org AOH re-elects National President, adopts advocacy agenda
- 7 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
- 8 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
- 9 Why I absolutey need a Memory Boom: Preserving memories matters!
History
On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
Genealogy
