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 political leader Garret Fitzgerald was born in 1926
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Countess Constance Markievicz was born in 1868
On This Day: Dublin Gothic writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu died in 1873
"Irish? Catholic? Join Here": Finding community with The Ancient Order of Hibernians
WATCH: Irish revolutionary leader receives Valentines at his grave a century after his death
What are Ireland's Bank Holidays in 2025?
Take our Famous Brigid's Quiz and test your knowledge this Brigid's Day Bank Holiday
WATCH: Historic Irish American moments told through Pathé newsreels
Remembering the Irish NYPD patrolman who wrote one of Ireland's most loved ballads
Most read
- 1 Share your "Love Letter to Ireland", win a trip for two to the Emerald Isle!
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
Titanic footage uncovers gold shark’s tooth necklace that will never be recovered
WATCH: The Irish punks, skinheads and skaboys of Dublin, 1980
On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
Genealogy
