History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: Marking the anniversary of transatlantic pilot James Fitzmaurice’s death
Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea
Cá as a dtagann an t-ainm: Cathair Phort Láirge
On This Day: 38 IRA members escape from Maze Prison
Facts about The Great Famine emigration out of Ireland
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917
Seeing Ireland through my father's vintage Kodachrome images
The Irish composers everyone should know
On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
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