History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The Irish-born publisher who documented America's Gilded-Age zeitgeist
Think your ancestors came here legally and 'waited their turn'? Think again
Edna O'Brien and the Irish War of Independence
Pope John Paul's shocking comment to President of Ireland Mary McAleese
The master of Glenveagh who may have faked his own death
Feeney: The Irish last name, its meaning, origin, and most well-known faces
Gathering tales from descendants of the Great Hunger
A podcast about the Troubles in Northern Ireland has just been released
How the Cork IRA dealt with Lord Mayor MacCurtain's killer
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- 1 Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
- 2 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 3 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 4 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 5 First oil tankers leave Whitegate as Gardaí clash with protestors at the site
- 6 On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
- 7 On This Day: Handel's "Messiah" premiered in Fishamble Street, Dublin
- 8 The poetry of Irish sayings and phrases
- 9 On his birthday, Seamus Heaney’s Nobel win still resonates across Ireland and beyond