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New York GAA report: Galway tribe stroll to victory and more (IrishCentral)

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:47:55 PDT

By: EUGENE KYNE

Senior Hurling

DNA marker shows Northern Irish descendents of Pict tribe of painted warriors who battled the Romans (IrishCentral)

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:20:03 PDT

By: MICHELLE K. SMITH

ScotlandDNA, an ancestry testing company, has recently discovered a DNA marker that strongly suggests that ten percent of Scotsmen are directly descended from the Picts, the Gaels’ fierce neighbors who battled the Romans.

Find this Lost Tribe of Donegal - Chris Byrne a legend of the Irish American music scene in New York (IrishCentral)

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:30:48 PST

The Lost Tribe of Donegal – Rachel Fitzgerald, Chris Byrne and Andrew HarkinChris Byrne became a legend in the Irish American music scene in New York for always being one step ahead of the trend Sensing the energy brought on by a new wave of Irish immigrants in the early nineties, he gave up his day gig as a New York City cop in the Times Square precinct to form Black '47 and assumed the role of chief rapper and pipe player Ireland's 1994 advance to the World Cup inspired him to release the single "C'mon Ya Boyz n' Green" under the name Seanchaí READ MORE

Is Candidate Elizabeth Warren from the same tribe as Professor Ward Churchill? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 03 May 2012 04:30:12 PDT

Elizabeth WarrenRecently it has come to light, Massachusetts US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren, has been claiming minority status as a Native American, even though she might be only 1/32 Cherokee The Boston Herald reported Warren listed herself as a minority from 1986 to 1995, in the Association of American Law Schools’ annual directoryThe education industry is the incubator of affirmative action programs, set asides, special dispensations and hiring based on ethnicity So when someone claims minority status as a "Native American", doors may open to them where they would normally be closed to others READ MORE

Galway calls its Tribes back home for massive 2013 Gathering celebration (IrishCentral)

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:35:30 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Galway is calling its tribes back home – if your name is Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D’Arcy, Deane, Ffont, Ffrenche, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martin, Morris or Skerritts you’re invited to the party.

Notre Dame's Irish tribe returns (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:40:06 PDT

Notre Dame, Indiana - The noise of battle rolled across this great stadium from about 3:30 onwards last SaturdayThe game against Pittsburgh was a nail biter down to the very end, but the Fighting Irish pulled through when it counted with a major defensive effort on the last Pittsburgh play of the gameIt is still a shock for an Irish-born person to take in the immensity of the Notre Dame experienceSome 80,000 or so green clad supporters, many waving Irish Tricolors, presented a vision of the Irish experience in America that is often baffling to Irish-born people READ MORE

Traits of the Irish 'Tribes' : Families of Co. Galway (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 May 2010 08:05:16 PDT

The Families of County Galway, IrelandToday at the Irish Roots Cafe, we will take a quick look at oneof the best know family groupings in Ireland, 'The Tribes of Galway'Most of these families had settled in Ireland and became wealthy andpowerful merchants They were a power base of their own in Western Ireland (Note that Lynch, Martin, Darcy and Kirwan are also forms of Irish names as translated into English READ MORE