History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
James Joyce's “Ulysses”: What food did Leopold Bloom eat?
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
On This Day: The rodeo came to Dublin's Croke Park in 1924
Vinny Byrne, the most feared assassin sent by Michael Collins
Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea
On This Day: Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners was born in 1934
Margaret Haughery: The "Irish angel" of New Orleans
Ancient Glendalough Deer Stone damaged in apparent act of vandalism
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