History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Did you have family who boarded the Titanic from Cobh? Tell their story
A century of Irish history goes online in posters, pamphlets and diaries (PHOTOS)
“Days of Rage” and the future of the New York FALN bombers
Irish family history from ashes to archives: Free access to National Archive records
The organized criminal underworld in historical Dublin
The unfortunate Irish exiled to Australia
Funeral of murdered 1832 Duffy’s Cut female victim in Ireland this week
Which Irish-American women could go on the $10 bill?
Was my Irish ancestor partly to blame for the drowning of 1,000 people?
Most read
- 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 A look at Ireland a century ago - 1926 Census goes online for the first time
- 6 The real-life “Jaws” - New Jersey shark attacks in 1916
- 7 Remembering Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising
- 8 A fish stew recipe straight from the Irish food experts
- 9 Oscar Wilde poems you wish you’d always known