
History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.

HBO to premiere documentary on New York city’s greatest newspapermen, Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill
On this day: Meghan Markle’s ancestors married in south Dublin
Could Montreal finally be getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish who died there?
100 years ago today, the Irish War of Independence began
The Irish parliament first met on this day 100 years ago: How did it happen and what did it mean?
How four Irish rebels escaped from a Welsh prison on the day the Irish parliament was found
100 years on: Remembering Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919
Irish WW2 hero’s son given medals his father never received
Today in 1922 the Irish Free State was born
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- 1 WIN a trip to Ireland by sharing your love letter to the Emerald Isle with us!
- 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