History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland
From here to Timbuktu: Daniel Houghton, the Irish Sahara desert explorer
The USA doesn’t dip its flag at the Olympics thanks to this Irish American
WATCH: 101-year-old newsreel shows British forces leaving Ireland after hundreds of years
Glasnevin Cemetery wows with history that shaped modern Ireland
Anti-Vietnam War Irish American Catholic priest brothers made spectacular history
History of Connemara Marble from Co Galway, the rare Irish gemstone
Boy George "sad and proud" of his ancestor, a famed executed IRA man
5,000 year old DNA reveals the surprising origins of the Irish
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