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.
The sinking of HMS Wasp, 1884 – A curse, sabotage or human error?
D-Day: The Irish heroes of the battle that turned WWII to the Allies' favor
100-year old Irish American hero of D-Day recalls the battle
How the weather report from a Co Mayo lighthouse changed the D-Day invasion
The many, mighty Irish American Ryans of D-Day
How modern Ireland was created
The hidden link between hurling and ice hockey
Washington Ireland Program launches largest ever Class
When nationalists burned down an Irish castle during IRA hunger strikes
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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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