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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Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
The top baby names for girls and boys in Ireland 1973
4,500-year-old boat was among Galway Viking artifacts hoard discovery
Viking warriors and treasures are buried beneath Dublin
A history of mashed potatoes… and it's not Irish
Study claims that Irishmen descended from Turkish farmers
“Between the jigs and reels” – what’s behind my Irish Granny’s sayings
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 - 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
 - 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
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