History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
The life and times of Irish Melodies maker Thomas Moore
On This Day: Oliver Cromwell sets sail to Ireland in 1649
On this day: 21 French Girl Guides survived a plane crash in Wicklow
On This Day: Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol received its first prisoners in 1796
On This Day: Father Michael McGivney, the Founder of the Knights of Columbus was born
17th-century records of those who settled in Ulster now available online
On This Day: An Irish doctor survives the bombing of Nagasaki
On This Day Louisa Jo Killen, who sang with The Clancy Brothers, died
WATCH: Joan Baez's haunting version of "Carrickfergus" in 1989
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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