History

Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.

On This Day: Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, the Vatican’s Scarlet Pimpernel, died in Kerry

On This Day: Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, the Vatican’s Scarlet Pimpernel, died in Kerry

The Irish priest who ran escape routes under the noses of the SS in occupied Rome died at home in Co Kerry on October 30, 1963.

The surgery that killed Oscar Wilde’s wife and the grandson who uncovered why The lost Famine census written by 99 priests who watched Ireland starve LISTEN: Ireland’s greatest seanchaí has the scary Halloween stories you have never heard

This is the oldest known photo of an Irish Famine survivor

This is the oldest known photo of an Irish Famine survivor

The oldest known photo of an Irish Famine survivor was believed to have been taken in 1853, shortly after the end of the Famine.

Dracula, the banshee and the jack-o’-lantern all began as Irish nightmares

Dracula, the banshee and the jack-o’-lantern all began as Irish nightmares

Halloween began in Ireland and these old Samhain traditions prove it

Halloween began in Ireland and these old Samhain traditions prove it

WATCH: Ireland's former state pathologist investigates the country's last witch trial

WATCH: Ireland's former state pathologist investigates the country's last witch trial

The Tipperary boy who fled the Famine and won the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

The Tipperary boy who fled the Famine and won the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

Willie the Wisp, the banshee and the Halloween Wexford still remembers

Willie the Wisp, the banshee and the Halloween Wexford still remembers

WATCH: Michael Collins documentary 'The Young Fella'

WATCH: Michael Collins documentary 'The Young Fella'

From a stabbed jester to whispering mummies, Ireland’s most haunted spots to visit

From a stabbed jester to whispering mummies, Ireland’s most haunted spots to visit

Frederick Douglass held up a set of slave irons to a Cork crowd in 1845

Frederick Douglass held up a set of slave irons to a Cork crowd in 1845

You can still recognize a dead man’s hands in Ireland’s old stone walls

You can still recognize a dead man’s hands in Ireland’s old stone walls

The bonfires and black cats the Irish used to keep the fairies away on Samhain

The bonfires and black cats the Irish used to keep the fairies away on Samhain