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.
What's your Irish County? County Cork
Ancestors in Cork? New online records lets you find their graves
What's your Irish County? County Clare
Is your family from Cavan? Earliest Irish census records revealed online
On This Day: Irish American crooner Bing Crosby is born
On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
Newly released Classic Irish Postcard Collection gives a wonderful look into Ireland's past
What you should know about The Orchard County, County Armagh
County Armagh "road-bowling" is a quintessential summer tradition
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 "The whole thing was completely out of control" - Passenger describes Dublin to Ibiza flight hell
- 5 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 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
