History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The Irish Rocket Man who almost blew up a Massachusetts town
Margaret Haughery: The "Irish angel" of New Orleans
On This Day: JFK, first Irish American Catholic President of the US, assassinated in Dallas
WATCH: The Irish town ‘steeped in sorrow’ after JFK’s assassination
How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals
WATCH: Take a tour of 1969 Ireland with "Céad Míle Fáilte"
On This Day: Dublin's Bloody Sunday of 1920
WATCH: A colorful look at 1940 Dublin, "a city of romance and contrasts"
The Irishman who claims to have saved Adolf Hitler’s life
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- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 What did the Titanic passengers eat?
- 3 On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
- 4 How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
- 5 The weird and wonderful place names around Ireland
- 6 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 7 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 8 James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising
- 9 Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders