History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The wonderfully strange history behind the Irish saying “chancing your arm”
On This Day: Irish-born Captain John Lonergan awarded the Medal of Honor in 1893
Clocks go back in Ireland - but what about the Irish cows?
Irish soldiers mutiny that rocked the British Empire
The last man hanged in Ireland - the lamentation of Michael Barrett
On This Day: Ireland's last Magdalene Laundry closes in 1996
WATCH: The amazing handiwork of Irish men making a fishing boat in 1931
The Irish Pensioners of the American Civil War - tragic stories of birth and loss
From the Famine to Five Points - history of Irish pubs in the USA
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- 1 How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara