History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
A Mayo hero - NYPD cop and nine-time Olympic medalist
On This Day: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., JFK's older brother, is born in 1915
The IRA Chief of Staff who was “unbought, unconquered, and unpurchasable to the last”
International Famine Commemoration to be hosted in this American city in November
Irishwoman the British could not contain whose name has faded from history
The remarkable story of John Keegan Casey, the bold Fenian boy
Toronto honors doctor for compassion shown to Irish Great Hunger emigrants
Early IRA ambushes in War of Independence were ill-equipped but successful
Stick fighting and the origins of the Shillelagh
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