History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Howard Hughes told Jane Russell to give back the Derry baby and she said no
The most famous song about Tipperary was first written about Connemara
The Irish maid in the Borden house heard nothing and took the secret to Montana
The 1916 rebels were spat at in the street before Ireland turned to their side
Mexico still lays flowers for the Irish soldiers who turned their guns on America
"The Fields of Athenry" sounds like an old Famine ballad but it was written in 1979
Brendan Behan was too ill to write his last book so he talked it into a tape recorder
Churchill sent the Black and Tans into Ireland and handed the rebels their best recruiter
Ireland had vampires, demons and a headless horseman long before Halloween
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