Niall O'Dowd

On This Day: Churchill’s VE Day broadcast stunned de Valera

On This Day: Churchill’s VE Day broadcast stunned de Valera

On May 13, 1945, Winston Churchill used his victory speech to lash out at Éamon de Valera’s wartime neutrality, accusing the Irish government of having “frolic with the German and later with the Japanese representatives.”

On this day: Charles Stewart Parnell released from jail under Kilmainham Treaty Eavan Boland captured a truth about emigration Ireland cannot forget An Irish diplomat's fascinating account of meeting "lunatic" Adolf Hitler

The major role of gay women in the 1916 Easter Rising

The major role of gay women in the 1916 Easter Rising

The incredible role that gay women played in the 1916 Easter Rising and how they were airbrushed out of history.

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln and how two Irishmen might have prevented it

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln and how two Irishmen might have prevented it

Vital 25th Amendment, the work of an Irish emigrant’s son

Vital 25th Amendment, the work of an Irish emigrant’s son

The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently

The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently

Holy Week and memories of Easter as a child in Ireland

Holy Week and memories of Easter as a child in Ireland

On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920

On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with these Irish poems and songs

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with these Irish poems and songs

"Minstrel Boy" - The most-performed song in the world on St. Patrick’s Day

"Minstrel Boy" - The most-performed song in the world on St. Patrick’s Day

How Martin Luther King Jr inspired a Northern Ireland uprising

How Martin Luther King Jr inspired a Northern Ireland uprising

On This Day: John Hume, politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was born in Derry

On This Day: John Hume, politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was born in Derry

The truth about the "Nine Famous Irishmen" myth - It’s fake news mostly

The truth about the "Nine Famous Irishmen" myth - It’s fake news mostly