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Heritage Week: Here's how to kick off your weekend
In this special edition of our Heritage Ireland series, Neil Jackman takes his pick of Heritage Week events and fun…
Heritage Ireland: The lonely Kilkenny cave that witnessed a massacre of 1,000 people
Dunmore Cave has a chilling tale to tell visitors.
Ever hear of the Irish Jesuit priest who volunteered for WW1 and took these amazing pictures?
Fr Frank Browne’s work as a photographer is being remembered.
Heritage Ireland: The oldest lighthouse still in use in the world
Let archaeologist Neil Jackman lead you through the amazing past and present of Hook Lighthouse as well as trips to a major ancient monastery and Georgian splendour.
Heritage Ireland: A magnificent doorway into Laois's sacred past
Archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us to an ancient monastery with breathtaking sculpture, a medieval fortress built by an Irish lord – and a manor house fit for a queen…
This GAA club is taking no World Cup-related excuses for missing training
Management sent around a clever text before an intermediate and junior session last night.
Watch: We wish this guy was our history teacher
The Battle of Clontarf did not go down exactly as you might have read in primary school.
Are these Kilkenny buildings Medieval, Renaissance or just kind of old? No one seems to agree
They won’t be demolished but An Taisce want a national monument on the site.
Ever wanted to sleep in a lighthouse? Cutbacks might make it impossible
Restored buildings managed by the Landmark Trust are in danger following funding cuts.
We want to have more tourists than residents in Ireland next year
Leo Varadkar announces ambition to bring 7.5 million visitors here in next two years.
New pre-1901 online archive to help fill gaps in your family tree
The National Archives and findmypast.ie team up to release records which survived Civil War blaze.
Heritage Ireland: 3 amazing sites to see this Easter weekend
Lovely Doneraile Park, ancient Derrynaflan and iconic Clonmacnoise – archaeologist Neil Jackman guides you through these magical sites.
Gardaí still carrying out "extensive investigations" over killing of white-tailed eagle
A post-mortem carried out on the male eagle confirmed it had been hit with around 50 shotgun pellets.
Fancy finding your inner pilgrim this weekend?
Thousands of walkers, both religious and non-religious, are expected to take part in the first-ever National Pilgrim Paths Day tomorrow.
Hidden Ireland: Where was St Brigid's firehouse and why did the flame go out?
This week, archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us through a mysterious and massive Bronze Age complex in Tyrone and medieval treasures in Kildare and Kilkenny.
David Walsh has been to 503 islands off Ireland's coast. He's now written a book.
“The tide can be flooding past the rock so you only get one shot,” Walsh explains.
Bombs and boxers on this week in Civil War-era Dublin
This week in 1923 saw an extraordinary boxing match emerge amid the chaos of the Irish Civil War.
Hidden Ireland: Were these giant tombs a big show of oneupmanship?
This week, Neil Jackman looks at three off-the-beaten-track places to visit this weekend in Tipperary, Kerry and the Dublin mountains.
University of Glasgow disprove Blarney Stone myths (spoilsports)
Researchers tested a 19th century microscopic slice of the rock to see what they could find out.
Irish telephone boxes dial into White House and beyond
A family joinery company were inspired by short film Bye Bye Now – about demise of phoneboxes – to reproduce replicas of the iconic piece of Irish street furniture. Barack Obama might be getting one today.
Hidden Ireland: From the Boyne flows the story of Ireland
Archaeologist Neil Jackman takes us on a guided tour of the treasures of one of Ireland’s most important historical hotspots.
Portlaoise baby deaths, Ireland's forests and more priorities for 2014
Everything happening in Leinster House today.
Heavy rains cause wall and arch collapse in Pompeii
Deterioration in state of ancient Roman site described as “dramatic”.
Column: Irish art and culture is being failed by lazy, inept leadership
Our Arts minister is unable to represent his department with any real knowledge, and is therefore failing to exploit what could be a multi-billion euro industry, writes Eoin Lynch.
Fire rages in Norway heritage village
Almost 180 people were admitted to hospital following the fire.
Moves to protect 111-year-old shipwreck washed up by storm on Kerry beach
The ‘Sunbeam’ schooner had lain partially buried in the sand just offshore ever since she ran aground while on a voyage from Kinvara in Cork in 1903.
Hidden Ireland: Where to get in your St Stephen's Day walk
Archaeologist Neil Jackman picks fascinating sites nationwide for a stroll today.
Additional €85,000 to cover Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe renovation costs
The theatre closed in 2007 for renovation after a fire caused extensive smoke damage.
Column: What’s the future for the Irish language and do politicians want to preserve it?
The majority of Irish people are favourably disposed towards the language, writes Seán Mag Leannáin, who says that’s a bit of a miracle given the forces raging against it.
Have You Ordered The Turkey Yet Pic of the Day
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OPW to give leases on heritage sites to private companies
Minister Brian Hayes stressed today that the businesses will have to be “in keeping with the heritage and with the recreational nature of the sites”.
Hidden Ireland: Ready to meet Ireland's very first farmers?
This week, archaeologist Neil Jackman is awed by the Neolithic treasures of Lough Gur, as well as a stunning Kerry fort complex and a Galway medieval cathedral.
Relatives of Irish transported to Australia invited to celebrate their heritage
Notorious Fremantle Prison to mark contribution of all transported convicts to the building of Western Australia – including Irish.
Hidden Ireland: Ancient Ireland's secrets unveiled
You’ll be inspired to take a trip to your local heritage site after reading this.
EU Commission assessing if demolition of Kilkenny ‘heritage house’ is in breach of EU directive
A local group has said that there is a medieval gable wall at one of the houses but the council said there is not yet sufficient evidence of this.
National Library finds new display place - on Google exhibit hotspot
The NLI has become first Irish group to feature on Google Cultural Institute, bringing their archive to world attention.
Abolition of points system means there won't be enough Irish speaking civil servants, claims group
The government is abolishing a scheme that gave bonus marks to people sitting civil service entrance exams if they speak Irish.
An Taisce rejects claims that Kilkenny home is not medieval site
Kilkenny County Council’s archaeologists say that a site on Vicar Street contains no traces of a medieval minister’s house, but An Taisce disagrees.
Plans to mark 1,000 years since "defining" Battle of Clontarf
Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan hoping for major programme to mark Battle of Clontarf (although, fact fans, it took place “closer to Glasnevin than modern-day Clontarf”.)
Pictorial record shows the Irish hard at work 100 years ago
Working Lives exhibition at the NLI exposes the conditions in which men, women and children toiled to survive.
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