History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
WATCH: Ellis Island - The gateway that welcomed 3.5 million Irish to America
WATCH: 1970 footage of a seanchaí telling the tale of his missing wife in Co Clare
WATCH: Meet Ireland’s last cycling postman in this 1975 interview
WATCH: Dublin's nightclub scene and go-go dancing in 1970 Ireland
The sad decline of traditional Gaeltacht practices
On This Day: Edward Flanagan, the Irish founder of Boys Town, was born
WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Fenian Brotherhood in NYC
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
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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