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Grammy nominee 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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Genealogy

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.

Roots

Roots

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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Genealogy

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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Genealogy

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!

Roots

Roots

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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Things to do in Ireland

The New Year's Resolution 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.

Genealogy

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.

Genealogy

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.

History

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.

Genealogy

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.

Genealogy

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.

Genealogy

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.

Genealogy

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.

Genealogy

Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?

Why are American-born descendants of Diaspora Irish so tenacious about identifying with their homeland, even when their connections are generations distant?

Genealogy

Professor discovers the long-hidden dark secrets of her Irish family

Princeton Professor unearths the sad “half-life” her family was condemned to due to the “wicked ideals of morality, propriety, and respectability.”

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Genealogists petition for early release of 1926 Irish census

The first official census recorded in Ireland's Free State took place in 1926, but the Irish government has now indicated that it won't be made available to the public until 2027.

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Tributes pour in for Seamus Mallon, former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

Scientist claims Irish bogs can lead the fight against climate change

Co Clare hotel becomes first in Ireland to run on its own hydroelectricity

JFK's grandson slams Mike Pence's op-ed on Donald Trump's impeachment

Sinn Féin call for a United Ireland referendum by 2025 ahead of general election

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Celebrating strong Irish women for St. Brigid’s Day

Oral history archive celebrates 50 years of the Irish language in Boston

The execution of Kevin Barry, the last straw for Michael Collins

The NYC newspaper editor who spoke out against “No Irish Need Apply”

59 years ago today John F Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the USA

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Moving origins of the giant Celtic cross shape in a Donegal forest

For Irish poets the Irish Mammy is the top muse

This Month in History: Van Morrison inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Best Irish songs you love to hear all in one excellent playlist

Irish woman makes history as first female conductor at Oscars

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Moving origins of the giant Celtic cross shape in a Donegal forest

Over one million tourists visited Irish whiskey distilleries in 2019

Co Clare hotel becomes first in Ireland to run on its own hydroelectricity

Lesser-known Irish gems to explore in County Donegal in 2020

32 hours in Wexford exploring Ireland's Model county and the Kennedy homestead

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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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