History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Columbus Day is here again and the 3 million dead are still left out of the story
On this day in 1975 Oliver Plunkett became Ireland’s first new saint in 700 years
The Irish language was banned and fined out of public life but never died
How a Sligo monk founded Celtic FC to feed Glasgow’s starving Irish families
The Black and Tans were not emptied out of British jails and many were Irish born
St. Patrick was a teenage slave on an Antrim hillside long before he was a saint
Michael Collins went to Downing Street in 1921 and came back branded a traitor
Cromwell reached Wexford in October 1649 and the town already knew what was coming
Ireland's druids were judges and doctors long before they were wizards
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