History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
She took the reading on her 21st birthday and the D-Day landings were delayed
Generations of Dublin children sang a street song about an infant murder
Guglielmo Marconi, the man who opened Clifden to Nova Scotia was a Jameson on his mother’s side
Before Google there was the seanchaí and everything they knew was held in memory
Half of Ireland slept under thatch in the 1800s and the craft is now nearly gone
The Cork cabin boy who jumped ship in Shanghai and taught the OSS how to kill
Fred Astaire’s first dance partner was his sister and she ended up in Waterford
Oscar Wilde, Eugene O’Neill and Michael Collins all share today’s birthday
“She Moved Through the Fair” - Ireland’s most haunting love song is a ghost story nobody can claim
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