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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Forgotten Irish Medal of Honor winner finally acknowledged by US
Maeve Binchy reveals her tough schooldays in upcoming book essay
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- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
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- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Real stories of the women buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin
Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
Genealogy
