History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Famous Irish family trees: Daniel Day-Lewis
Napoleon’s Irish Legion in the post-1798 Rebellion years
5 things you didn’t know about your Offaly ancestors
Irish famine archive on migration to Canada launched online
Orange Order buys Battle of the Boyne gun for $31,000
Boys Town founder Father Flanagan one step closer to sainthood
Maeve Brennan: New York's 'Long-Winded Lady' by way of Dublin
Finally the true figure of how many fought in 1916
Once the most powerful fashion arbiter in America: Carmel Snow
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- 1 The best (or worst?) Irish jokes for a hearty chuckle
- 2 Nigella Lawson's indulgent Guinness gingerbread recipe
- 3 World Heritage Day: UNESCO sites and culture around the island of Ireland
- 4 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 5 The real-life “Jaws” - New Jersey shark attacks in 1916
- 6 Remembering Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising
- 7 A fish stew recipe straight from the Irish food experts
- 8 A look at Ireland a century ago - 1926 Census goes online for the first time
- 9 Oscar Wilde poems you wish you’d always known