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: Irish MP Tom Kettle dies during Battle of the Somme
The official top 10 Irish surnames - is yours one of them?
Sir John Gorman: Co Tyrone WWII hero's brave actions against the Germans
Did you know these surnames are Irish?
Find out the meaning behind your Irish surname - Part II
Barefoot and brave - Cork's 1890 All-Ireland hurling rebels
How Theodore Roosevelt made Irish hero Cúchulainn popular again
The rare unisex Irish baby name that’s perfect for autumn
The contribution of Irish labor in the US following the Great Famine
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 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
- 6 Paul Mescal gets sweet shout-out on Gracie Abrams' new album
- 7 Ireland to invest €4 million for Women in Sport
- 8 Northern Ireland Secretary of State: Benn out, Bryant in in Burnham's Cabinet reshuffle
- 9 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
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
