Roots
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Reindeer bone found in Cork shows that humans lived in Ireland 33,000 years ago
Arbour Hill, Dublin’s forgotten memorial to the men of 1916
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"
On This Day: The Titanic sinks but passengers remained calm
Most recent US Census Irish figures hold major surprises
"We're Irish!" Sharon Stone speaks warmly of her Irish roots
National Dolphin Day: Remembering Fungie the Dolphin, my hometown treasure
How the Irish impacted Abraham Lincoln, shot down 156 years ago this day
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- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
Martinmas in Ireland and its geese, blood rites and old customs
Armistices Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
On This Day: Outlaw Ned Kelly executed in Australia in 1880
Remembrance Sunday: Nearly 1,000 Irish died serving US army in World War I
On This Day: George Bernard Shaw wins the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925
Genealogy