History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Patrick Andrew Collins - the Boston mayor from a farm outside Cork
Hitler’s nephew, Willy, fought against him in the US Navy in WWII
Ulysses S. Grant, the first US president to ever visit Ireland, died on this day in 1885
How my Irish grandfather was hidden at Ellis Island
The story behind that famous photo of Marilyn Monroe with JFK and RFK
The German airman who crash-landed in Wexford during WWII and fell in love with an Irish woman
The Irish nun who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb
The Monaghan man who filmed the devastation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
WATCH: American gobsmacked by Irish sport of hurling in 1920s film
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