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.
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.
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?.
Otto Skorzeny was one of Adolf Hitler’s most trusted henchmen, lived as a farmer in County Kildare from 1959 following Conor Cruise O’Brien's intervention.
