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.
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
Irish Government digitizes O'Donovan Rossa's 19th-century Fenian newspaper
The first assassination carried out by Michael Collins's 'Squad'
The secret, tragic fate of Oscar Wilde’s half-sisters
On This Day: World War I air ace Edward “Mick” Mannock was killed in action in 1918
"No Irish Need Apply" - the signs and ads that vilified our Irish ancestors
Ireland takes fairies more seriously than you might think
Ulysses S. Grant, the first US president to ever visit Ireland, died on this day in 1885
The ten worst times to have lived in Ireland
Most read
- 1 "The whole thing was completely out of control" - Passenger describes Dublin to Ibiza flight hell
- 2 Tuam excavation: Remains of more than 20 coffined infants recovered
- 3 Odds reveal three favourites for 2026 Rose of Tralee
- 4 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 5 Derry designer announces major Dior fashion show in Dublin
- 6 Billionaire Peter Thiel's group takes legal action over axed Powerscourt conference
- 7 Have you got one? Rare Irish coin now worth a staggering €15,000
- 8 Navigating nationalism and neutrality: Irish-American opinion and the 1916 Rising
- 9 250th Anniversary of America: Recognizing the Irish and New Jersey
History
The important Irish American news stories that made 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
Genealogy
