History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
How my Cork grandmother cheated death during the sinking of the Lusitania
Irish genealogy experts' tips for searching 19th-century Irish Census returns
International Women's Day: Eight Irish women writers who match up with Joyce and Yeats
Crazy Irish stories! The Irish man who stole the Crown Jewels to a real-life Robinson Crusoe
The history of The Clancy Brothers’ song “No Irish Need Apply”
How a Galway family saved 15 women from a Magdalene Laundry in the 1960s
New Irish stamp celebrates Co Tyrone printer of American Declaration of Independence
The real reason why there aren't any snakes in Ireland
What is the real meaning of Saint Patrick’s Day?
Was "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" Audrey Hepburn character inspired by an Irish woman?
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- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
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- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail