History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: Outlaw Ned Kelly executed in Australia in 1880
Four Irishmen hit the richest silver strike in history and built their own bank
Ninety-two died in ten minutes off West Cork, and Ireland finally listened
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone was sentenced to death in 1798
On This Day: Padraig Pearse was born on this day in 1879 and he still eludes us
Charlie Chaplin once visited Big Jim Larkin behind bars in Sing Sing prison
On This Day: JFK was declared winner of the 1960 US presidential election
Why the Irish no longer mark Remembrance Day
More than 30,000 Irish soldiers lost in World War I named in online archive
Armistice Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
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- 1 On This Day: IRA bomb kills 12 at Enniskillen Remembrance Day service in 1987
- 2 WATCH: Fall in love with vintage yet vibrant Derry in this 1968 travelogue
- 3 Armistice Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
- 4 More than 30,000 Irish soldiers lost in World War I named in online archive
- 5 Exploring what remains of Ireland’s ancient royal capitals
- 6 Charlie Chaplin once visited Big Jim Larkin behind bars in Sing Sing prison
- 7 On this Day: Bram Stoker, the Irish author of "Dracula," was born in 1847
- 8 Fine Gael says the public will pay billions for a United Ireland
- 9 A Dublin burger joint has been named second best in the world