History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
It's vital Irish America remembers the Irish Famine
The ghostly soldier of Crolly: The haunting of Donegal’s historic distillery
The Irish round tower built by immigrants in Massachusetts
On This Day: Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland's last bard, died in 1738
The disturbing origins of the Irish Famine term “take the soup”
WATCH: Safe cycling through Dublin’s City Centre more than 70 years ago
John Millington Synge: Irish playwright, poet, and rebel
The symbolic meaning of the Celtic cross
Trailer for Ireland's first 'talkie' film discovered in Los Angeles
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