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.
Foster care and its roots in ancient, mythological Ireland
The mass card used in Michael Collins's funeral in 1922
New York's new Governor does Irish proud
Shock as Quinnipiac University to close Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
Eisenhower’s legacy and his deal with Irish man Mike Quill
WATCH: Michael Collins signs the Anglo-Irish Treaty on this day in 1921
What are the Irish people’s most cherished summer memories?
Bristol GAA Community club celebrates 60 years
Did a search for buried gold lead Michael Collins to his 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
