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.
What makes Ireland’s history global - cast of heroes, villains, eccentrics and crackpots
How the sons of Irish ancestors rose the ranks of the CIA - VIDEO
Boston contests Chicago for St. Patrick’s Day HQ title – but have they forgotten about New York?
Caroline Kennedy set for Ireland to mark JFK's 50th anniversary visit
Online "Irish Family History Day" launched with 21 million birth, marriage and death records released
Des Moines' St Patrick's Day parade could be canceled this year
One of America’s largest Irish families the McCormicks invited home for The Gathering
New York based designer Don O'Neill to address Kerry Fashion Weekend
In Focus - Caroline Clarke - Cavan native and co-founder of Queens stationery company Madge & Mabel
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
