History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The Irish Olympian, forced to compete for Britain, who smuggled in an Irish flag
The mysterious history of the song “She Moved Through the Fair”
WATCH: Irish history expert on the Irish revolutionary who led troops in the US Civil War
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
On This Day: Thomas Francis Meagher, the greatest Irishman in American history, was born
Free admission for all visitors under 18 to OPW heritage sites in August
Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
Leonard Cohen’s haunting rendition of Irish rebel song, "Kevin Barry"
Stunning images reveal "the dark underbelly of rural Irish life"
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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