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Celebrate your Irish roots this Nova Scotia Heritage Day

Happy Nova Scotia Heritage Day! Today we celebrate this great province and it's 25% Irish ancestry stats!

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Irish genealogy workshop with the Ulster Historical Foundation

Join the Ulster Historical Foundation at the Irish American Heritage Center, in Chicago to learn the ins and outs of researching your family history.

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Study claims that Irishmen descended from Turkish farmers

Research indicates Turkish farmers arrived in Ireland about 6,000 years ago, bringing agriculture with them.

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Why a DNA testing company is laying off 100 people

Home DNA-testing company 23andMe laid off 100 people last week.

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5-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish's Irish roots

Just 18-years-old and already a household name, best known for her chart-topping album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish is proud of her Irish roots and has said Ireland feels like home.

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An emotional journey home - hunting my grandmother's grave in Galway

The quest for my father’s adoption records led me in search of the Menlo graveyard, County Galway, of a woman I had never known.

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Why you have to visit Glasnevin - the resting place of Ireland's heroes and heroines

No trip to Dublin is complete without visiting Glasnevin Cemetery, one of the most beautiful and historically significant sites in all of Ireland.

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More Irish family records become available online for free

More than 15.5 million Irish birth, death, and marriage certificates are now available online for free.

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New Year's Resolution: How to start your Irish family research

If your New Year's resolution to finally dig into your Irish roots, check out these helpful tips to help get the ball rolling!

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Recalling great Irish Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton died on this day, Jan 5, 1922, aged just 47. The County Kildare man died having become one of Ireland's best-known explorers of the Polar Regions.

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The Irish Bucket List: Things to do in Ireland before you die

While we could name 1,000 things to do before you die in Ireland (we could name a 1,000 just in Northern Ireland alone), here are the top ten things to do in the Emerald Isle before you pass.

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Seeking the Primrose girls, 156 Irish immigrants to Canada from small Galway town

Can you help? Seeking descendants of the 156 Irish “Primrose girls” who emigrated to Canada, in 1853.

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How the Irish came to America, from the Great Hunger to today

Pew Research Center show the progression of Irish immigration to the US through an interactive map.

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How to trace your Irish roots using this traditional Irish naming pattern

This traditional naming pattern once used in Ireland could be a useful tool when trying to fill in the gaps of your Irish roots.

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Study reveals the impact Viking and Norman DNA had on the Irish

The Viking invasions of Ireland have had a lasting impact on the genetic makeup of Irish people.

History

Invaluable Irish archives burnt during 1922 civil war retrieved

Irish records once thought lost forever have been successfully recreated and will be available online by 2022.

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Trump’s Gaelic heritage explored in new TV show

The new documentary explores the fascinating life story of Mary MacLeod, the Scottish Mother of President Donald Trump.

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Doc Dalton: How discovering I was Irish changed my life

The Depressed Poet and Founder of Outlaws for Christ on how discovering his Irish ancestry through a DNA test meant the world to him.

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90-year-old Irish children's Santa letters found in chimney

The amazing generosity, poverty, and selflessness displayed in a miraculous letter that survived up a chimney in Hell's Kitchen ignites the spirit of Christmas.

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Irish American discovers immigrant great-grandfather in 1929 Seattle photograph

Casey McNerthney's great-grandmother Lily Kempson played a role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

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Love Irish history? Join IrishCentral's history Facebook group

IrishCentral readers have a true passion for history and we want you to join in the conversation on our Facebook group dedicated to Irish history.

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On This Day: Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone is sentenced to death

Wolfe Tone, the father of Irish republicanism was sentenced to death in 1798. Here, a look at his personal life.

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Police get warrant to search genetic database used to find Golden State Killer

A detective in Florida has been granted a warrant to search the personal genomics database and genealogy website GEDMatch after it tightened its privacy policies in the wake of the Golden State Killer case.

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How to find out where your ancestors lived in Ireland

Proud owners of Irish roots around the globe dream of walking in their ancestor's footsteps and finding their ancestral home in Ireland.

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Every Irish person has 14,000 cousins, research reveals

Tracing roots back 200 years can lead to the discovery of many new relatives for those in Ireland and Irish Americans.

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Young Irish dancer in critical condition after being hit by a car

Sinn Féin's left-leaning platform was the key to victory in historic election

Newlyweds “humbled” to be Northern Ireland’s first legally married same-sex couple

Abraham Lincoln donated to Ireland during the Great Famine

Former Irish Guard laid dead for three weeks in army barracks before being discovered

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Robert Emmet and Sarah Curran - a grave mystery

The African American abolitionists who visited Ireland in the 1800s

One third of Irish people believe Leprechauns exist

Abraham Lincoln donated to Ireland during the Great Famine

This Irish hero still receives Valentine’s Day cards nearly a century after his death

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Where’s the most perfect place in the world to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?

Riverdance is coming to the big screen!

Sinfully indulgent Irish salted-caramel and whiskey cake recipe

One third of Irish people believe Leprechauns exist

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Driver to film in Ireland - and they're looking for extras!

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Osaka and Japan's outreach to LGBT tourism is a model for Ireland to replicate

Love-seekers show up at St. Valentine's resting place in Dublin

The intersection of Saint Patrick and paganism in Ireland

WATCH: Dyeing of the Chicago River for St. Patrick's Day is mesmerizing

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Be vocal and buy from your local Irish shop this holiday season!

Where to get the best deals on Irish gifts this Cyber Monday and Christmas

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