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
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
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
The 1916 Rising: Spotlight on role of the “exiled children in America”
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