History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: Willie Clancy, Irish piper and folklorist, died in 1973
How did Ireland come to be called the Emerald Isle?
Bruce Springsteen and his proud County Kildare heritage
On This Day: Irish brewing visionary Arthur Guinness dies in 1803
An Irish Mammy, the luck of the Irish, and the Beatles
WATCH: A romantic drama filmed in Killarney more than 100 years ago
Royal roots unearthed: Queen Elizabeth’s lineage traces back to Brian Boru
On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Aontroim: Cad as a dtagann an t-ainm sin?
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- 3 Remembering Tom Crean, the Co Kerry ice man
- 4 Murders show savagery of day-to-day life during Great Hunger
- 5 WATCH: US travel documentary from 1934 gives glimpse of Ireland
- 6 Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
- 7 Summer takes a time-out! Cooler rainy days are on the way
- 8 Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
- 9 Rolled pavlova with Irish strawberries and cream recipe