History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
WATCH: A love story comes to a heartbreaking end in the 1916 Easter Rising
How Eamon de Valera got involved with Michael Collins' tombstone
Francis O'Neill: The Irish cop in Chicago who saved traditional Irish music
The Irish orphan girls who were flogged on a ship bound for Australia
On This Day: IRA kills Lord Mountbatten in Co Sligo ambush
Irish family hosting celebration in recently-restored thatched cottage this weekend
Notre Dame used to have Irish Terriers as their mascots
WATCH: Dubliner Ronnie Drew's 1988 guide to Dublin City
Father William Corby, the fighting chaplain of Notre Dame
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