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.
The passionate love poems and affairs of Michael Collins
The romance of Ireland's dance halls in the 1950s and 1960s
Ice skater wows the crowd with Riverdance routine
Happy Birthday Bridget Moynahan! To celebrate we've planted her a tree in Ireland
Why Cavan is the greatest place in the world
Dublin still bears the scars of the 1916 Easter Rising
Titanic hero who saved more than 50 people honored in Cork
50 facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
On This Day: Lord Haw Haw, Irish American Nazi propagandist, born in 1906
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
