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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- 5 The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
- 6 Gone to America - a haunting abandoned house in Donegal reveals its story
- 7 First major Bloomsday with Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh was a wild, drunk time
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