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Irish roots sensation: Is this Annie Moore arriving at Ellis Island?

Is this the real Annie Moore? Irish teenager Annie Moore was the first person to arrive at Ellis Island when it opened on January 1, 1892. FULL STORY >


Bono to be guest of honor at AIF New York gala dinner

The American Ireland Fund’s annual New York spring gala should easily be a sell-out this year, as Bono will be the special guest of honor. FULL STORY >


How the Irish saved the Donner Party

The Donner party, now the subject of a new Hollywood movie starring Crispin Glover (Beowulf), is one of the most riveting stories in American western history. 89 pioneers from the East Coast, many of them Irish, set off to cross into California over the Sierra Nevada's in the height of winter. Unfamiliar with the terrain, they became snowed in. FULL STORY >


New study claims that Irishmen descended from Turkish farmers

A new study has revealed that many Irish men may be able to trace their roots back to Turkey. Focusing on the role of the Y chromosome, which is passed from father to son, the research indicates Turkish farmers arrived in Ireland about 6,000 years ago, bringing agriculture with them. And they may have been more attractive than the hunter-gatherers whom they replaced. FULL STORY >


Bad romance: 10 surprising facts about the Irish and sex

What is it about the Irish and sex? Pre-Christian Irish attitudes to sex were decidedly more liberal than in recent times, where Cupid was saddled with a chastity belt by an outwardly pious nation. But have times changed? You be the judge. FULL STORY >







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