History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Orange Order buys Battle of the Boyne gun for $31,000
Boys Town founder Father Flanagan one step closer to sainthood
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Once the most powerful fashion arbiter in America: Carmel Snow
Over 300,000 new historical Irish newspaper articles go online
Sergeant Patrick Masterson, Irish captor of the French eagle
A year of Irish American commemorations for the 1916 Rising from NYU
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