History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Poverty-stricken author of Irish national anthem forced to sue Irish state
Top ten summer reading books for summer 2016
The 1916 commemoration for British soldiers remembered my own relative
Remembering Marilyn Monroe’s famous song for John F Kennedy on his birthday
History comes to life at the Little Museum of Dublin: JFK’s trip to Ireland (VIDEOS)
Is staying connected to your Irish heritage important to you?
Inquest into 1974 Birmingham pub IRA bombings to be reopened
Montreal’s Irish fight for memorial to the 6,000 famine immigrants who died of typhus
Experiences of the Great Hunger Irish seen again in refugee crisis
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