History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Ancient Christmas traditions that are still followed in Ireland
The tragic President John F Kennedy 1963 Christmas cards that were never sent
My grandfather witnessed peace at Christmas from a WWI trench
WATCH: How Dublin shops welcomed Christmas back in 1959
How my Cork grandmother cheated death during the sinking of the Lusitania
The man who "sold" The Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Ulysses Grant's tomb
When Boston banned Christmas
Ancient Irish legends and myths surrounding the Cliffs of Moher
On This Day: James Hoban, the Kilkenny architect who designed the White House, died in 1831
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- 1 How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara