History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
First major Bloomsday with Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh was a wild, drunk time
Erne Go Bragh: Irish fishermen’s fight for fishing freedom
On This Day: Irish tenor Count John McCormack was born in 1884
Paparazzi hounded James Joyce after his late marriage to Nora Barnacle
Irish railworkers may be in mass grave uncovered in Pennsylvania
On This Day: Dublin's Molly Malone 'died of a fever'
On This Day: W.B. Yeats was born in 1865 in Dublin
Eating like our Irish Iron Age ancestors
The son of Irish immigrants who led to the capture of Abraham Lincoln's killer
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- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail