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.
Ireland's ancient Celtic festival of Bealtaine, a celebration of summer's arrival
Diary of Co Armagh soldier, 17, killed at Battle of the Somme
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How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
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