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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My mother’s emigrant heart: A story of immigration
This St. Patrick’s Day, take an online course in Irish sean-nós singing
Share your story! What does St. Patrick's Day mean to you?
GIVEAWAY: Win a bespoke Celtic hamper from Moon Mná
Irish people should follow St. Brigid, not just St. Patrick
Irish maids in New York were subject to a racist slur in the 19th century
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- 3 The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
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- 5 Gone to America - a haunting abandoned house in Donegal reveals its story
- 6 This Irish brown bread ice cream recipe is unexpectedly good
- 7 First major Bloomsday with Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh was a wild, drunk time
- 8 Cool, calm and Celtic: why Ireland makes the perfect coolcation
- 9 No home, no wedding: Housing crisis blamed for collapse in Ireland's marriage rates
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