
History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.

Historical Irish newspapers – eight new titles go online
Potato genetically engineered to resist blight that plagued Irish during Great Hunger
“Epic Journeys Ellis Island” online exhibition tracks 71 people from Clare’s stories of immigration
The Navvies: How the Irish built the modern British railways
Were your ancestors servants or masters in Ireland?
Mad Mac and Father Sexton: Irish Prisoners of War during the Second World War
Spanish Armada sailors may lie in unmarked mass grave in Northern Ireland
A look at books: fiction, pagan ways and history
Many No Irish Need Apply ads discovered in the New York Times archives (PHOTOS)
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- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year