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.
IRA shot a British spy in Central Park 100 years ago
Irish creme egg jello shots recipe for Easter
Irish man Eugene Daly's eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic
The last letter written on board the doomed Titanic
On This Day: Handel's "Messiah" premiered in Fishamble Street, Dublin
On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
Sonar images show Titanic in its ocean grave
Be part of history! Ireland of the Welcomes celebrates its 70th anniversary
Winston Churchill's surprising views on a United Ireland
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
- 2 Tuam excavation: Remains of more than 20 coffined infants recovered
- 3 "The whole thing was completely out of control" - Passenger describes Dublin to Ibiza flight hell
- 4 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 5 Odds reveal three favourites for 2026 Rose of Tralee
- 6 Derry designer announces major Dior fashion show in Dublin
- 7 Billionaire Peter Thiel's group takes legal action over axed Powerscourt conference
- 8 Have you got one? Rare Irish coin now worth a staggering €15,000
- 9 Navigating nationalism and neutrality: Irish-American opinion and the 1916 Rising
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
