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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Donn, the mysterious Irish Lord of the Dead
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- 3 How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
- 4 The Irish landscape that inspired Johnny Cash's "Forty Shades of Green"
- 5 Who was W. B. Yeats and why he still matters
- 6 Ireland's best countryside retreats revealed
- 7 Planning a picnic! How’s about you make it Irish with these delicious recipes
- 8 Police deploy water canons as riots continue overnight in Belfast
- 9 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
