
History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.

The Guinness family’s influence on Dublin extends far beyond pints of stout
On This Day: Marking the anniversary of transatlantic pilot James Fitzmaurice’s death
Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea
Cá as a dtagann an t-ainm: Cathair Phort Láirge
On This Day: 38 IRA members escape from Maze Prison
Facts about The Great Famine emigration out of Ireland
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917
The origins and history of the surname MacCarthy
Seeing Ireland through my father's vintage Kodachrome images
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- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
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