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.
On This Day: Divorce in Ireland was made legal in 1995 after 70 years
Harry Kane’s Irish roots back in the spotlight after England's World Cup win
“The bravest man I ever met” Father Brown in World War I
Irishman James Graham was the bravest man at the Battle of Waterloo
2022 World Cup: England's players with strong Irish roots
Was the real King Arthur Irish?
Haunting video of JFK in Co Wexford discovered after 58 years
Cork mayor commemorates five brave Irish American brothers killed during WWII
The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
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 New York Irish community mourns the passing of activist Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
- 4 Northern Ireland Secretary of State: Benn out, Bryant in in Burnham's Cabinet reshuffle
- 5 Irish American org AOH re-elects National President, adopts advocacy agenda
- 6 "My door will be open to all" - Northern Ireland's new SoS begins "daunting" job
- 7 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
- 8 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
- 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
