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.
Michael Collins' walking stick sells for astonishing £52,000 at auction
Plan a heritage tour of your ancestors' hometown with Legacy Tree Genealogists
Church of Ireland parish registers are a genealogy goldmine
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow did not start the Great Chicago Fire 150 years ago
The Irish “Maypole Family” and reminiscing on my Uncle Packie Killeen
Call for new autopsy on Michael Collins as documentary makes new claims
Celebrating St. Finbarr's Day and the lone Gougane Barra
Kickoff your Fall with a fun family day of Irish culture on the Hudson
Granny, Countess Markievicz, and Me
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 250th Anniversary of America: Recognizing the Irish and New Jersey
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
