History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow did not start the Great Chicago Fire 150 years ago
The Irish Rocket Man who almost blew up a Massachusetts town
Margaret Haughery: The "Irish angel" of New Orleans
On This Day: JFK, first Irish American Catholic President of the US, assassinated in Dallas
WATCH: The Irish town ‘steeped in sorrow’ after JFK’s assassination
How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals
WATCH: Take a tour of 1969 Ireland with "Céad Míle Fáilte"
On This Day: Dublin's Bloody Sunday of 1920
The Irishman who claims to have saved Adolf Hitler’s life
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