History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Bram Stoker's own family history was darker than anything in "Dracula"
On this day in 1969 Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize he never wanted
The amazing story behind the Irish ballad “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen”
Rare 1916 Proclamation saved by a woman of the Rising goes on display in Boston
More emigrants left Derry in 1883 than in the worst year of the Great Hunger
Ireland’s real ghost villages are far eerier than anything Halloween can conjure up
Irish tenants fought off police with boiling water and cow dung during the Land War
Titanic’s last dinner ran to ten courses while steerage ate gruel and cabin biscuits
Irish pubs were shut on St. Patrick’s Day until the 1970s and only a dog show poured
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