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.
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
TUNE IN: Join the Herstory livestream event today and celebrate the Celtic festival of Bealtaine
The passionate love poems and affairs of Michael Collins
The romance of Ireland's dance halls in the 1950s and 1960s
Most read
- 1 Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
- 2 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 3 Neven Maguire's apple tart and custard recipe
- 4 Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
- 5 Is Biden an Irish name?
- 6 Kerry's Valentia Island - a secret at the edge of the world
- 7 Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
- 8 Sisters injured in M9 crash share emotional update as fundraiser nears €900k
- 9 81 years after his death, the world still remembers John McCormack's voice
History
On This Day: Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners was born in 1934
81 years after his death, the world still remembers John McCormack's voice
Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
Genealogy
