Irish chaplain patrolled 1917 frontlines with a shovel, gave last rites and...
The extraordinary bravery of Fr William Doyle is told in new exhibition at National Museum.
View ArticlePatrick Pearse 1916 surrender letter sells for £263,000 at London auction
The estimated sale price was less than half of that.
View ArticleIreland become full Test-playing nation after landmark ICC vote in London
After a 10-year quest to join cricket’s elite club, Ireland have been promoted from Associate status after a unanimous vote.
View ArticleThis new database shows you all the ancient hill forts across Ireland
The database reveals that Mayo and Cork each have more than 70 ancient hill fort sites.
View ArticleThe year the Irish conquered Wimbledon
1890 was the most successful year in Irish tennis when it comes to Wimbledon.
View ArticleLong-lost photo supposedly of Amelia Earhart couldn't be her, says expert
A new documentary claims to shed new light on her disappearance.
View ArticleThe late-night flight that inspired a chef to make the first Irish coffee
Plane-weary passengers inspired a Tyrone chef to invent an Irish coffee almost 75 years ago.
View ArticleAudio diaries detail Tom Crean's grandaughter's arduous journey in his footsteps
The documentary maker who compiled the diaries said they show the family share Tom Crean’s “traits of endurance”.
View ArticleThe Holocaust survivor who became the world's oldest man has died aged 113
Yisrael Kristal survived Auschwitz and lived out his life in Israel.
View ArticleThe icons of Confederacy at the heart of America's debate
There are more than 1,500 symbols of the Confederacy on public land, mostly in the South.
View ArticleWhy was this medieval Roscommon village abandoned centuries ago?
Heritage Week kicks off today, and a talk in Kilkenny on the abandoned medieval village of Rindoon is just one great example of what’s on.
View ArticleFancy yourself as a bit of an Indiana Jones? Now you can experience what he...
The public is being asked to help at archaeological dig at Glendalough.
View Article'It would make you wonder has anything changed?': Over a century later,...
The rent uncertainty of today is not only widespread – but goes deep through the ages of Irish history.
View ArticleRelics of Piracy and a History of Dublin: The Central Bank is opening its...
Over 12,000 paper files are open to the public.
View ArticleHead shavings at gunpoint and sexual assaults - Violence against women during...
A Maynooth professor has said history may be downplaying the level of violence directed towards women during the conflict.
View ArticleNeglect and abuse of Irish children in institutions led them to set cells on...
There was a huge resistance to child psychology in Ireland up to the 1950s due to the close connections between state and church.
View ArticleHow a desolate patch of Ireland was used to teach people to farm during the...
The farm taught hundreds of Irishmen to be self-sustaining during the worst of the Great Famine.
View Article'Found destitute and demented': Limerick police records give insight into...
The collection was made available online this week as part of a project by the council to digitise its archive.
View ArticleMore history to be made by Joy Neville as she'll take charge of men's...
The former Ireland back row will become one of the first female referees to oversee a men’s international next month.
View ArticleA century after the attack, fatal U-boat bombing commemorated in Dublin
Of the 36 people who died in the bombings, only four bodies were found.
View ArticlePics: The world's largest exhibition of Famine-related art is coming to Ireland
The artworks, which are currently on display at a museum in Connecticut, will be displayed in Ireland for eight months next year.
View ArticleFormer Ireland captain in first Barbarians women's side to make bow against...
Fiona Coghlan and the Barbarians will face Munster in Thomond Park next month.
View ArticleLiverpool record biggest away victory by an English club in Champions League...
The Reds arrived in Slovenia with critics questioning Jurgen Klopp’s signings and tactics.
View ArticleIrish trainer Aidan O'Brien makes history at Ascot
He drew level with Bobby Frankel’s record of 25 Group One winners in a year.
View ArticleThis Irish woman fought as a man in the USA's Civil War
Albert Cashier was born Jennie Hodgers in Clogherhead.
View ArticleThe artist who captured Ireland in the 1800s with thousands of watercolours
George Victor du Noyer travelled around Ireland drawing various features, accompanied by his spaniel Mr Buff.
View ArticleThis 1,000 page, 5kg atlas challenges the usual story of Ireland's...
We spoke to one of its editors.
View Article'A massive step' - Shannon RFC to field first-ever U20 women's team in Ireland
They’ll make their bow next Wednesday week.
View ArticleGreat tragedy of 500 lives lost in sunken mail boat RMS Leinster retold
Over 500 people were killed when the boat sank, just a month before the First World War ended.
View ArticlePHOTOS: Arthur Fields captured Dublin life for five decades
An archive of almost 6,000 photographs has been crowdsourced from across Ireland.
View ArticleScientists discover that a bone fragment from 343AD 'could belong to Santa'
“It is exciting to think that these relics could in fact be genuine.”
View ArticleHarry Kane makes history as Spurs sweep aside Southampton
The England international overtook Alan Shearer’s Premier League record for most goals in a calendar year.
View Article'1918 was a year of monumental importance that had plenty in common with 2018...
Here is a look back at that year, with some reflections on the similarities and differences with the Ireland of today, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
View ArticleTemple Bar could have been a bus station but for a 'duplicitous volte face'...
It would also feature an underground rail tunnel from Heuston Station to Connolly.
View ArticleKerry Babies: An unsolved murder 34 years after Ireland put 'womanhood on trial'
As we wait on a significant announcement from gardaí, we look back at the Kerry Babies case which rocked the country to its core – and became, perhaps, a catalyst for change.
View ArticleAncient human remains found in Mayo date back over 5,000 years
A local hillwalker made the discovery in a cave-like chamber on Ben Gorm Mountain.
View ArticleRemembering the 35 girls who died in a Cavan orphanage fire in 1943
Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell highlighted the tragic fire in the Dáil this week during a debate on the Eighth Amendment.
View Article'He was the One Direction of his day': These musicians want to resurrect the...
Thanks to Moore, we have Irish songs and music that would have died with end of oral history.
View Article13 of the most attractive people from Leaving Cert History books
From Roger Casement to Edna O’Brien, we run through the best looking people on the Irish history course.
View ArticleFrom the archives: A Christmas card from Countess Markievicz in Holloway Prison
In our final piece marking the centenary of the women’s vote in 1918, we take a look at items in the archive related to Countess Markievicz.
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