
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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On This Day: Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit Ireland
On This Day: The last active Fenian, John Devoy, died in 1928
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Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Harrington clan
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History

Free and useful Irish genealogy websites to assist in your family history search
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
On This Day: Bram Stoker, the Irish author of "Dracula," dies in 1912
On This Day: Ireland's last legal execution is conducted in 1954
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy
