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.
Is this Witch’s Yew Ireland’s most haunted tree?
On This Day: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, is born in 1903
Broadcaster and writer Manchán Magan remembered as ‘absolute gentleman’ and ‘dreamer’
Expert says this gender neutral Irish baby name will be popular in 2026
On This Day: Irish tenor Frank Patterson born in County Tipperary
Flann O’Brien’s sharp wit still shines on the 60th anniversary of his death
Irish boy’s name given to 4 babies in Ireland last year appears on top list for the first time
Ghost of young girl haunts Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, claim guests and staff
Halloween games from our childhoods to play with the kids this year
Most read
- 1 “We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
- 2 Brits can’t get enough of Hurling on BBC as Limerick seal All-Ireland final
- 3 Taoiseach congratulates new British Prime Minister
- 4 "Tracing Forward" - New geneaology resource to find living Irish relatives
- 5 Paul Mescal gets sweet shout-out on Gracie Abrams' new album
- 6 Ireland to invest €4 million for Women in Sport
- 7 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
- 8 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
- 9 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
History
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s famous 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
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Genealogy
