History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
WATCH: Here’s what Bloomsday looked like 62 years ago in Dublin
Maud Gonne is more than Yeats' muse - She's the goddess
Who was W. B. Yeats and why he still matters
When the rodeo came to Dublin's Croke Park in 1924
How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
When Irish clowns defeated orange Toronto cops
Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
"Buried silently and sadly" - The Irish Famine dead of 1847
National Archives takes Census 1926 on tour across Ireland
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