Roots
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Faces of the Titanic: Ellen Toomey, the third class domestic servant who survived
Irish recorded the first solar eclipse in 512
How to trace your Irish roots and build your family tree
19-year-old Cork man sent message in a bottle from the Titanic
After the Titanic sank, the ship’s owner hid away in Co Galway
Celebrating an Irish Easter: traditions, blessings and recipes
On This Day: Arthur Griffith, who helped launch Sinn Féin and shape modern Ireland, was born in 1872
Ten Easter bunny jokes for the wee ones
Most read
- 1 WATCH: These epic Irish dancing fails are absolutely hilarious
- 2 The "P.S. I Love You" filming locations you can visit in Ireland
- 3 Ireland's most popular counties and their top attractions
- 4 Gardaí believe Glen Hansard lost control of bike before fatal crash
- 5 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 6 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
- 7 This very Irish habit is apparently the secret to a longer life
- 8 WATCH: Epic Irish singsong of "The Rattlin Bog" atop Mt Kilimanjaro
- 9 This strawberry Battenberg loaf gives a classic bake an Irish summer twist
History
On This Day: Thomas Francis Meagher, the greatest Irishman in American history, was born
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
Genealogy
