History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Why Cork refused to welcome this US President
On This Day in 1963: Beatlemania arrives in Dublin
Why did an Earl’s sister dedicate herself to fighting for Irish freedom?
The baby names that have been in Ireland’s top 100 for the past 50 years
Irish-German collaboration to restore damaged biography of St. Patrick announced
Is as Meiriceá a thagann ‘trick or treat’ Oíche Shamhna - ach is in Éirinn a thosaigh sé
11 amazing treasures found using metal detectors in Ireland
"He would punch and punch" - Documentary on corporal punishment in Irish schools airs tonight
Have you seen the first known map of Ireland from 140AD?
Most read
- 1 Rejected by Ireland and misunderstood by America, one Irish American tells his story
- 2 One Irish surname may be the earliest ever recorded in all of Europe
- 3 The day an Irish brother saved a stranger and lost his sister to 9/11
- 4 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 5 On This Day: War criminal Oliver Cromwell’s Massacre of Drogheda in 1649
- 6 Wild wallabies wander this deserted Irish island
- 7 Explore ten Irish potato recipes that have defined comfort cooking for centuries
- 8 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 9 Five Irish memorials honor the victims and heroes lost on September 11