History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you
The myths and legends of the Giant’s Causeway
On This Day: Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan "accidentally" flies to Dublin instead of California
The Leitrim orphan girl who became New Orleans' "Mother of Orphans"
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- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening