History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Ancient Irish DNA revealed incredible secrets, including Down Syndrome
Comical crimes of Christmases past in Ireland
The Belfast doctor who kept Irish language diaries at a Japanese PoW camp
WATCH: Saints and science merge in Ireland's airline Aer Lingus
Catholic Ireland's tradition of the Station Mass, a rural farm's incredible 1960s prep
On This Day: The Kilmichael Ambush during Ireland's War of Independence
Giving thanks for the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's spectacular words
The 1926 Drumcollogher cinema fire: A tragedy remembered 100 years later
Mary Sophia Hill, the Florence Nightingale of the Confederacy
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