History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: The Lusitania sunk off the coast of County Cork
Why is Derry also called Londonderry?
Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor
The making of Irish New York: Respectability and the Great Hunger immigrants
Usain Bolt describes Ireland as a "cold Jamaica"
WATCH: A look at Ennis, Co Clare more than 70 years ago
On This Day: Easter Rising leader John MacBride executed in 1916
On This Day: Bobby Sands died at Long Kesh prison in 1981
Interesting facts about the lovely County Clare
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