History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Innocent Irish man pardoned almost 140 years after he was hanged for murder
How Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination inspired RFK's greatest speech
Was the song Róisín Dubh about Ireland or something more risqué?
When Jackie Kennedy brought Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to the U.S.
Why Robert Kennedy’s finest hour was his speech on Martin Luther King’s death 50 years ago this week
Birth “backlash” politics - the assassinations, riots and war protests of 1968
Trains will stop at refurbished Quiet Man station once more
From the Great Blasket to America - a memoir of the longest surviving islander
“Your father has gone to look after Patrick:” How JFK Jr and Caroline’s nanny broke news of JFK’s death
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