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 Custom House Visitor Centre officially opens its doors in Dublin city
Dublin day out: The Custom House role in Ireland's War of Independence
On This Day: A bronze life-size statue of Fungie the Dolphin unveiled in Dingle
Brother of key Irish Famine museum supporter backs re-opening
The Irish ancestry of Claire Cronin, US Ambassador to Ireland
Myths and legends from Ireland’s five longest rivers
Britain's greatest flying ace in World War II was an Irishman
The Irish legend of the Leprechaun remembered
Forget Hades and Loki, who was the Celtic god of death?
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
- 2 "The whole thing was completely out of control" - Passenger describes Dublin to Ibiza flight hell
- 3 Tuam excavation: Remains of more than 20 coffined infants recovered
- 4 Odds reveal three favourites for 2026 Rose of Tralee
- 5 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 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
