History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
W.B. Yeats’ "Lake Isle of Innisfree" reveals an unexpected American thread
Sport and Irish-American identity in the early Twentieth Century
WATCH: Here’s what Bloomsday looked like 62 years ago in Dublin
Maud Gonne is more than Yeats' muse - She's the goddess
Who was W. B. Yeats and why he still matters
When the rodeo came to Dublin's Croke Park in 1924
How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
When Irish clowns defeated orange Toronto cops
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- 1 Murders show savagery of day-to-day life during Great Hunger
- 2 Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
- 3 Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
- 4 Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
- 5 Irish cheese and potato flatbread recipe
- 6 Summer takes a time-out! Cooler rainy days are on the way
- 7 The AIDS ward, New York 1982, and an amazing Irish American doctor
- 8 2027 inflation 'will be higher than forecast', warns Bank of Ireland
- 9 New exhibit at Turlough Park recalls Soap Box dreams from 1950s Ireland