A long-fought for memorial park commemorating the 6,000 Irish famine immigrants who died of typhus on Montreal’s waterfront in 1847-48 could soon become a reality.
Queen Victoria's affection for Ireland began as a young woman, and she’s reported to have fallen in love with scenic Killarney in County Kerry in the southwest of the island.
January 21, 1919, is celebrated as the first meeting of the Dáil at the Mansion House in Dublin, but, ironically, the most important event of that day took place at Soloheadbeg where two Royal Irish Constabularies policemen were shot dead.
On the day Dáil Eireann assembled for the first time on January 21, 1919, across the Irish Sea four Irish men were escaping from a Welsh prison: Frank Shouldice, Joe McGrath, George Geraghty and Barney Mellows.
The execution of Irish medical student Kevin Barry propelled Ireland down its road to independence. On the anniversary of his birthday, Jan 20, 1902, we remember his story.
Today, January 16, in 1919, 100 years ago, the law enforcing The Prohibition in the United States was ratified. The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes.”
His eerie prediction about Donald Trump, his first visit to Ireland, his romance with Madonna; just some of the stories about JFK Jr not generally known.
A food and culinary historian has released research on a study into Ireland’s diet in the fifth century as it made the transition from a Pagan to a Christian society. This reveals the foods St Patrick would have eaten when he was in the country.
Co Tyrone native Mick McElhenny recalls his time working security for some of the most high-profile figures of the 20th century in The President's Bodyguard.
On October 18, 1919, De Valera, while touring the US as the President of the Irish Republic, was adopted as an honorary chieftain of the nation during a visit to their reservation in Wisconsin.
