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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First color photos of Ireland taken by two French women in 1913
The Fenian Lazarus, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, died in New York in 1915
This son of an Irish emigrant invented Artificial Intelligence and changed the world
Irish Heritage Tree plants a native tree in Ireland in honor of Irish gay icon Oscar Wilde
Irish Heritage Tree plants a native tree in Ireland in honor of drag queen Panti Bliss
WATCH: "Claiming your Irish citizenship" livestream event
Ireland's trad music archive brings 150 years of Irish music in America online
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
- 2 New York Irish community mourns the passing of activist Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
- 3 Tuam excavation: Remains of more than 20 coffined infants recovered
- 4 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 5 "The whole thing was completely out of control" - Passenger describes Dublin to Ibiza flight hell
- 6 Odds reveal three favourites for 2026 Rose of Tralee
- 7 Derry designer announces major Dior fashion show in Dublin
- 8 Have you got one? Rare Irish coin now worth a staggering €15,000
- 9 Billionaire Peter Thiel's group takes legal action over axed Powerscourt conference
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
