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.
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History
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
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Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
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Genealogy