History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
English Spy, Irish Eye: Capt John Baxter's map of Elizabethan espionage in Ireland
WATCH: A school trip to the Dublin Zoo nearly 100 years ago
On This Day: John F. Kennedy declared winner of 1960 US Presidential Election
The Irish hands that built the Empire State Building
On This Day: IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, 12 killed
On this Day: Bram Stoker, the Irish author of "Dracula," was born in 1847
On This Day: Irish troops killed in the Niemba massacre in Congo
Mick the Miller: The most successful greyhound of all time
WATCH: Joan Baez's haunting version of "Carrickfergus" in 1989
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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