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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Eamon De Valera and the Kansas city bandit queen
Michael Collins' close call - his escape across a Dublin rooftop
Irish Australian outlaw Ned Kelly's famous armor
Why JFK and Biden remain America's only two Catholic presidents
How was Newgrange built? Archaeologists long boat discovery could shed some light
Richard Nixon's connection to a small town in County Kildare
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