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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The Green Redcoats: The story of the Kilmainham Pensioners
Over 1.1 million additional historical Irish newspaper articles go online
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Orphans of Ireland’s Great Hunger married off to Australian convicts
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