History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Irish woman who defied the Nazis remembered
On This Day: JFK, first Irish American Catholic President of the US, assassinated in Dallas
WATCH: The Irish town ‘steeped in sorrow’ after JFK’s assassination
How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals
WATCH: Take a tour of 1969 Ireland with "Céad Míle Fáilte"
On This Day: Dublin's Bloody Sunday of 1920
WATCH: A colorful look at 1940 Dublin, "a city of romance and contrasts"
The Irishman who claims to have saved Adolf Hitler’s life
Alleged affair with JFK destroyed Jackie Kennedy's friendship with her sister
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