History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The O’Rahilly’s final stand remains one of 1916’s most powerful moments
The origins of anti-Irish jokes and how they impacted Irish worldwide
Public asked to shape future of Aughrim Battle site upgrade
A Mayo father's plea for passage to America for his daughters a century ago
My Grandfather: A forgotten hero of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
Horrifying story of the serial killer called the "worst woman in the world"
Ireland’s Brehon Laws were way ahead of their time
Margaret Thatcher described Francis Bacon's art as "dreadful pictures"
WATCH: Craic in the crèche - When a Dublin pub opened a day care in 1996
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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