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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Annie Moore’s cousin reflects on her huge significance among Irish Americans
A comprehensive roundup of the 1916 Rising events in NY
The Dolocher: The dark tale of Dublin’s 'Jack the Ripper'
1916 Proclamation and other amazing Rising artifacts to be auctioned in Dublin
During Easter Week 1916, more Irish died fighting in WWI in France than in the Rising
Sketches of Roger Casement in the Tower of London days before his execution
The bravery of the Grey Nuns of Montreal during Ireland's Great Hunger
An Irish poet in America recalls the dark secrets of her youth
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