History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
Pagan roots of St. Brigid’s Well in the West of Ireland
On This Day: “The Playboy of the Western World” opens at Dublin's Abbey Theater
The Limerick man who became the mayor of Houston, Texas
National Irish Coffee Day: Learn the history of the tasty treat and how to make it
On This Day: Willie Clancy, Irish piper and folklorist, died in 1973
On This Day: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Remembering Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising
AIHS marks 180th anniversary of Ireland's Great Hunger with lecture series
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- 1 Book launch of "Rockin’ the Bronx" by Larry Kirwan coming to New York Irish Center
- 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