History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
On This Day: War criminal Oliver Cromwell’s Massacre of Drogheda in 1649
Mystery surrounding four historical shipwrecks washed up on Portmarnock Beach
Haunting Irish mugshots from 1850s home in NYC Library
A history of mashed potatoes… and it's not Irish
An Emperor saved by a Gael - the heroic life of Maximilian O'Donnell
WATCH: A look inside Irish Montessori schools of the 1970s
Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you
On This Day: Irish MP Tom Kettle dies during Battle of the Somme
The Cork man hanged in the Wild West for the famous Bisbee Massacre
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- 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