History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
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?
As the world burns County Clare Coco purchases Holy island
How Irish lovers gave gifts long before the modern era
Discover the jailbirds in your family tree with Findmypast’s Crime and Punishment month
The Irish fighter boy and his flying shamrock
Emotions high as Duffy’s Cut victim Catherine Burns back home 183 years on
How the nuns tamed the Gangs of New York
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- 1 Murders show savagery of day-to-day life during Great Hunger
- 2 Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
- 3 Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
- 4 Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
- 5 Irish cheese and potato flatbread recipe
- 6 Summer takes a time-out! Cooler rainy days are on the way
- 7 The AIDS ward, New York 1982, and an amazing Irish American doctor
- 8 2027 inflation 'will be higher than forecast', warns Bank of Ireland
- 9 New exhibit at Turlough Park recalls Soap Box dreams from 1950s Ireland