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.
Ulster and the Scottish Killing Times, when covenanters were hunted and executed
Using historical dog licences to trace your Irish ancestors
Forget bar brawls check out this long list of 18th century Irish dueling rules
America’s first “anchor baby” was an Irish girl named Julia Lynch (VIDEO)
Drones help US historian find Irish archaeological treasures
Skeletons of 1860 cholera epidemic found under Dublin roadworks
No murders at Duffy's Cut claims local clergyman
Irish nationalist who escaped Australian prison lies in unmarked Chicago grave
Titanic photographer Father Browne’s enchanting album of Dublin (PHOTOS)
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- 4 LISTEN: Liam Neeson reads Patrick Kavanagh’s “In Memory of My Father”
- 5 Nearly 200 Americans receiving Irish citizenship in Killarney ceremonies this week
- 6 Sir Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister
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