History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Gráinne Ní Mháille: The kind of power England could not contain
A new perspective on my Irish roots, thanks to the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
On This Day: Ireland votes overwhelmingly in support of same-sex marriage
Do you know who invented St. Patrick's Day? Not many people do
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- 3 Bronx man adopted from Dublin at birth finds his Irish family after 63 years
- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening