History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Secrets of the Daniel O’Connell monument in Dublin
The real story of Queen Victoria and the Irish Famine
DNA evidence shows how well Irish integrated with Vikings
The Nazi spy who was set on turning a Donegal village into a German naval base
Was your family shanty or lace curtain Irish? It’s important
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," was born in 1745
Top ten amazing Irish Americans of all time
WATCH: An Irish immigrant tale as told in a 1912 short film
The worst informers for Britain in Irish history
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- 2 How DNA testing helped solve one of the Titanic's lingering mysteries
- 3 Dublin still bears the scars of the 1916 Easter Rising
- 4 On This Day: "Famine Queen" Victoria arrived to Ireland in 1900
- 5 Thomas Kent: the forgotten Cork rebel of the 1916 Easter Rising
- 6 Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
- 7 Michael Collins "a nasty piece of work," according to one relative of a 1916 leader
- 8 Faces of the Titanic: John Horgan, lost at sea, remains a mystery man
- 9 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork