Roots
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How to apply for an Irish passport
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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
40 children died in the Easter Rising, some with the taste of chocolate in their mouths
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
On This Day: "The Quiet Man" actor Arthur Shields died in 1970
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