History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
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Halloween, an Irish gift to the world
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The 1798 Irish Rebellion memorial in Sydney
The Irish immigrant who penned New Zealand's national anthem
Dublin is home to this "haunted" 15th-century castle
Fascinating shipwrecks across the Wild Atlantic Way
John Lennon was getting ready to retire to Co Mayo before his tragic death
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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