History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The story behind Ireland's favorite song, "Zombie" by The Cranberries
On This Day: The tragic execution of Easter Rising leader Michael Mallin
Fan recounts when "clueless" Bono mistook his San Francisco sign for Sinn Féin support
The English land agent who inspired the "boycott" in 19th-century Ireland
WATCH: The Irish sisters who saw the Virgin Mary multiple times in the 1980s
On This Day: Easter Rising leader John MacBride executed in 1916
On This Day: Bobby Sands, whose hunger strike changed Ireland, passed away
LISTEN: The greatest songs of The Troubles in Northern Ireland
On This Day: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed
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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