History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: Pope John Paul II makes historic visit to Ireland in 1979
WATCH: Charming video visits Antrim lighthouses and the crews who maintained them
3,000 hours of oral Irish history available online
WATCH: How this Donegal town became a three-time Tidy Towns winner in the 1960s
Irish DNA goes back to Vikings as well as Niall of the Nine Hostages
Remember the Rebels - Petition to honour Cork's spymaster sisters
The life of Ireland's troubadour, Roscommon's Percy French
What is the truth about the Vikings in Dublin?
How Boss Tweed invented Tammany Hall and taught the Irish how to change America
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- 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