History
Learn about Irish history, folklore, and mythology - from the ancient times of glory to the modern Ireland.
When Charles Dickens visited Ireland
On This Day: Dublin Gothic writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu died in 1873
WATCH: Short Irish film captures a snapshot of 1940s Dublin
Five Irish love stories that changed history
"Bad Bridget" book explores how Irish women dominated 19th-century North American prisons
Brendan Fraser's Irish great-great-grandfather once shot at scab hired to replace him
The mysterious history of the song “She Moved Through the Fair”
Pagan roots of St. Brigid’s Well in the West of Ireland
The Irish roots behind America's Groundhog Day
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