History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
During WWII, a medium convinced the US Minister to Ireland that de Valera secretly sided with Germany
How Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty once led a "Council of the Unemployed" occupancy in Dublin
A century after his death, Wexford still reveres this Irish rebel
On This Day: Lord Mountbatten assassinated by the IRA in 1979
Liam Neeson develops Tuam babies movie about harrowing discovery
How British tried to stop President Clinton “meddling” in Northern Ireland
A tale of two popes: Recalling John Paul in Ireland as Francis visits
Does Pope Francis know the greatest Irish Catholic priest of all time?
Northern Ireland's first civil rights march was held 50 years ago today
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