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Storms in County Sligo, in 2014, ripped a tree from the ground a revealed the remains of a 900-year-old medieval skeleton that archaeologists believe was a murder victim.
Surrounded by your loved ones on Thanksgiving this year seize the opportunity to mind your family’s memories and pick up and record some genealogy gold – family lore.
On this day, Nov 21, 1920, Michael Collins' squad "The Twelve Apostles" killed 14 British Secret Service Agents - a day which has gone down in history as "Bloody Sunday".
Bram Stoker’s mother was haunted by what she saw after her family escaped cholera, and there is strong belief that the stories she told echo through her son’s famous novel.
Today the Irish revolutionary, Muriel McSwiney is largely forgotten in Ireland. However, in 1920 she was an internationally renowned figure, given the role she played in the Irish War of Independence.
Alice McDermott, Colm Tóibín, Dan Barry, Colum McCann, and Paul Muldoon are among the writers and scholars who contribute to this fantastic collection of essays and reflections on being Irish in America.
After 34 days protesting against the harsh regime and undignified conditions, Denny Barry died on November 20, 1923, but even in death, he was still refused dignity.
Nearly 50 years after the patriot's death his grave fell into disrepair and it was Thomas Davis, a journalist, writer and Young Irelander whose poem and song "The Ballad of Bodenstown Churchyard" that saved the green grave.
Were President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service agents hungover and sleep-deprived on the day of his assassination? Could the president’s life have been saved that day?.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” starring Irish American Johnny Depp is set to drop and fans of the fantasy series are chomping at the bit.
In the countdown to the anniversary of JFK's assassination on November 22, 1963, we look at the events surrounding his death. including the investigation into the crime.
On the journey to their new lives in America, 10% of the immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island were detained in its hospital complex. Abandoned since 1954, the complex opened to tour in 2014 and offers a fascinating glimpse into the past.
The first Veterans Day, usually called Armistice or Remembrance Day in Ireland, was marked in 1919 a year to the day after the guns fell silent across the Western Front.
Today is Armistice’s Day. On November 11, 1918, an armistice, or truce, was officially called between the Allies and Germany during the First World War – fighting ended on the Western Front.
