History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Brien Clan
Irish author James Joyce’s final chapter in Switzerland
Discovery of 20-year long rainfall in Ireland in 2345BC
WATCH: Dublin in James Joyce's "Ulysses" traced through historic photographs
The real Irish woman behind one of the most iconic images from Ireland's Famine
James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising
Remembering Christy Brown, the writer behind My Left Foot, 45 years after his death
James Joyce's “Ulysses”: What food did Leopold Bloom eat?
Inspiring emigrant letters home to Ireland from America in the Famine era
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