History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Five things you didn’t know about your Armagh ancestors
Did your Irish ancestor receive a military pension?
5,000-year-old Newgrange to be X-rayed to determine origin
The Flying Boats of Foynes – an era of very different air travel
Walt Disney asked to meet Éamon de Valera while researching leprechauns
Padraig Pearse as cross-dresser in controversial Easter Rising comedy
Canada announces $5 million in funding for Grosse Île, famine-era Ellis Island
The Green Redcoats: The story of the Kilmainham Pensioners
Over 1.1 million additional historical Irish newspaper articles go online
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