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.
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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 "My door will be open to all" - Northern Ireland's new SoS begins "daunting" job
- 8 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
- 9 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
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
