Reckon Oliver Cromwell stole your family’s land back in Ireland – now you can find out thanks to Trinity College in Dublin.

The Sunday Independent reports that a ‘staggering’ collection of maps at TCD reveals the exact ownership of the lands plundered by the Cromwellian Plantation of 1670.

An interactive map, compiled using data from the International Organization for Migration, has tracked migrants around the world. Published by the World Bank in 2010, the map shows the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada as being Ireland’s top choices.

The update of Apple’s operating system to iOS 6 has brought about several glitches in their Maps application, one which places an airport atop of Dublin’s own farms, drawing comment from Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.

Politicians from all sides of the community in Northern Ireland have hailed Rory McIlroy’s latest Major success.

The Irish Origenes website is designed specifically to show people with Irish ancestry how to use the results of a commercial ancestral DNA test to pinpoint where their Irish ancestors lived and it contains all the resources one will need to achieve this goal.

‘Island: Drawing Conclusions Mapping the Irish’ is an exploration of the history of Ireland through a series of maps, atlases, postcards, cartoons, and pamphlet spanning from the 2nd century to the 21st century.  A collaboration between four outstanding collections, Island is poised to be a fascinating look at the political and cultural history of Ireland.

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Scientists from the UCC, NUI Galway, the Geological Survey of Ireland and the University of Southampton, accompanied by a crew from National Geographic have set sail on one the most challenging research expeditions ever undertaken by Ireland.

Ireland’s economy may be in very deep waters, but culturally we’re becoming a superpower. If you need proof of how influential our tiny little island still is on the world’s stage, look no further than the multiple stages of the 1st Irish Theatre Festival playing throughout Manhattan this month.

The 6,000 Irish dancers and 15,000 spectators who descended upon the city of Philadelphia last week put the Pennsylvania city on the map according to Senior Communications Manager for the Philadelphia Conventions and Visitors Center – the official tourism and marketing agent for the city of Philadelphia – Liz Sullivan.