History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
This month in history: The Spanish land at Kinsale in 1601
Find out the meaning behind your Irish surname - Part I
Dublin Viking dig uncovers Ireland’s first prison cells
Belfast to host 2024 week-long celebration of abolitionist Frederick Douglass
Irish Famine artwork to go on display at the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany
The Irish priest who became a penpal with Jackie Kennedy
Memorial for 1,100 Irish buried in unmarked graves unveiled in Colorado
Foynes Flying Boat and Maritime Museum reopens with new Maureen O'Hara exhibition
Irish Vikings had brown hair, not blond, study finds
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- 1 Seamus Heaney's alma mater draws from the past to inspire today’s writers and poets
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara