History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
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 Irish nun who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb
The Monaghan man who filmed the devastation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
'The Duke' John Wayne’s Co Antrim roots
How Irish Famine immigrants created a new life in Boston
Thirteen stolen skulls returned to Irish island 133 years later
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