History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: Loyalist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan kill 34 in 1974
Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
Daniel O’Connell: Quotes from 'The Catholic Emancipator'
"Resting Places" - new insights into the traumatic history of Ireland 100 years ago
Maynooth, a town of saints and scholars
The Antrim woman who became the first female medical professor in the UK
What's your Irish County? County Fermanagh
Bloody Sunday reflections from a witness Derry student doctor
When Dubliners’ "Seven Drunken Nights" was banned for being too rude
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