History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: Easter Rising leaders Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly executed
WATCH: When Wexford boys claimed to see the Virgin Mary in 1971
Ireland's International Famine Commemoration to be held in Massachusetts today
Battle of the Boyne 'Living History' tours return this summer
A beautiful Irish poem from Patrick Kavanagh for Mother’s Day
On This Day: Forgotten Cork rebel Thomas Kent was executed after the Easter Rising
The Irish man who tried to steal the British Crown Jewels
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
On This Day: Éamonn Ceannt, piper turned Easter Rising rebel, died for Ireland
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- 1 Murders show savagery of day-to-day life during Great Hunger
- 2 Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
- 3 Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
- 4 Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
- 5 Irish cheese and potato flatbread recipe
- 6 Summer takes a time-out! Cooler rainy days are on the way
- 7 The AIDS ward, New York 1982, and an amazing Irish American doctor
- 8 2027 inflation 'will be higher than forecast', warns Bank of Ireland
- 9 New exhibit at Turlough Park recalls Soap Box dreams from 1950s Ireland