History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Who was Sam Maguire?
Forgotten soldiers of the Irish Civil War remembered with new Glasnevin monument
William Henry Tone - Brother of an Irish Revolutionary and warrior of Maratha Empire
On This Day: World War I air ace Edward “Mick” Mannock was killed in action in 1918
Patrick Andrew Collins - the Boston mayor from a farm outside Cork
Hitler’s nephew, Willy, fought against him in the US Navy in WWII
The story behind that famous photo of Marilyn Monroe with JFK and RFK
The German airman who crash-landed in Wexford during WWII and fell in love with an Irish woman
The Irish nun who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb
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- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 How to cook a perfect Irish Sunday roast
- 3 On This Day: JFK arrives in Ireland for historic visit in 1963
- 4 Navan, County Meath - more than "just an hour from Dublin"
- 5 On This Day: Charles Stewart Parnell married Kitty O’Shea
- 6 WATCH: Fascinating footage of an Irish community gathering peat 100 years ago
- 7 On This Day: Éamon de Valera becomes President of Ireland in 1959
- 8 On This Day: President Kennedy delivers his iconic Berlin Wall speech in Germany
- 9 Mucros Weavers keeps Irish weaving in motion