History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Rare footage of Michael Collins during Irish Civil War revealed
Evidence shows man who shot Michael Collins met him before ambush
How Maureen O'Hara became Hollywood royalty
James Joyce's “Ulysses”: What food did Leopold Bloom eat?
Ancient Glendalough Deer Stone damaged in apparent act of vandalism
The life and times of Irish Melodies maker Thomas Moore
On This Day: Oliver Cromwell sets sail to Ireland in 1649
On this day: 21 French Girl Guides survived a plane crash in Wicklow
17th-century records of those who settled in Ulster now available online
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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
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