History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre to host a series of historic tours
WATCH: Historic footage of 1956 Irish Army marching in "peacetime exercise"
First color photos of Ireland taken by two French women in 1913
When the Blasket Islanders were evacuated to mainland in 1953
WATCH: Irish history expert visits Theobald Wolfe Tone's relatives' graves in Brooklyn
On This Day: Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean dies in 1938
WATCH: Ding Dong Denny shares his version of the history of Ireland
Remarkable footage of the Cliffs of Moher in 1957
1916 Easter Rising museum on Moore Street in Dublin moves forward
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