History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
“Be not afraid” - Irish people’s famous last words
On This Day: Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners was born in 1934
On This Day: 80 years ago Johnny McCormack, Ireland’s beloved tenor passed away
Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
Letters sent home to Ireland from World War I
WATCH: American gobsmacked by Irish sport of hurling in 1920s film
Grace Kelly: Irish American Hollywood starlet who became Princess of Monaco
How a 1,200-year-old ancient book was unearthed from a Tipp bog and became a museum treasure
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
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- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 WATCH: Irish short film about an Irish father and son's Titanic twist of fate
- 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 Darina Allen's Irish lemon tart recipe
- 6 Padraig Pearse and the making of a rebel leader
- 7 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 8 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 9 On This Day: Irish American Titanic hero "Unsinkable" Molly Brown passed