# History

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finné

'People are telling very vulnerable, raw stories': Documentary series looks at dark moments in Ireland's past

16 Sep 2018

18.3k

14 henrietta street

This inner city Dublin house was once home to 100 people from 17 families

15 Sep 2018

16.5k

NLI

Bullets, ballots and a flu pandemic: Life in Ireland was very turbulent 100 years ago

12 Sep 2018

13.6k

ancient ireland

Archaeological discoveries are being made by the dozen this summer - but what happens next?

4 Aug 2018

45.8k

papal taxation

Maps show distribution of wealth in 14th-century Ireland

26 Jul 2018

44.9k

Double Take

Double Take: The shipwreck on Inis Oirr that stars in Father Ted

25 Jul 2018

5.0k

Foreign Shores

History to be made as Spanish Super Cup staged for Morocco between Barcelona and Sevilla

23 Jul 2018

7.2k

Murdering Lane

Double Take: Have you walked down Murdering Lane in Dublin?

18 Jul 2018

8.2k

Brú na Bóinne

'The find of a lifetime': Megalithic passage tomb dating back 5,500 years found in Co Meath

16 Jul 2018

52.3k

Aslan

'If you look at U2... they kind of belong to the world at this stage, where we still belong to Ireland'

12 Jul 2018

24.3k

Mexico

Mexico earthquake unearths a temple dedicated to an ancient rain god

12 Jul 2018

31.1k

snapshot

12 evocative vintage snapshots from Irish family photo albums

11 Jul 2018

2.2k

Sydney Decider

'If we can pull this one off, it will be a little bit special for this group'

Updated 18 Jun 2018

31.1k

14 henrietta street

Former tenement house will take visitors on 300-year tour of Dublin life

15 Jun 2018

23.7k

Quiz

Quiz: How well do you know Leaving Cert history?

4 Jun 2018

47.1k

alexander gauland

German far-right leader sparks outrage in describing Nazi rule as 'just a speck of bird s**t'

3 Jun 2018

15.4k

History

Masterful Sexton pulls the strings as Leinster learn how to do the double

27 May 2018

24.7k

History

18th century coffin carrier used in workhouses during Irish famine on display

19 May 2018

11.6k

History

'We must remember those that were here before us': We took a tour of the Dublin Fire Brigade Museum

13 May 2018

8.6k

Double Take

Double Take: St Valentine's heart in a box in a Dublin church

9 May 2018

14.1k

Voices

The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History

John Connell

5 May 2018

66.6k

dean's rock

'Priceless' stolen relic returned to Christ Church Cathedral after gardaí find it in Phoenix Park

26 Apr 2018

32.8k

glamour

Bow ties, blazers, champagne at half-time: Racing's 'Le Show-Bizz' era

21 Apr 2018

18.0k

myles joyce

One of the men hanged for the infamous Mám Trasna murders has been pardoned by President Higgins

4 Apr 2018

21.1k

Report

Brilliant Ronaldo makes history as Real Madrid blow away 10-man Juventus

3 Apr 2018

55.8k

History

'An extraordinary story': TG4 docu-drama on Mám Trasna murder case to air this week

2 Apr 2018

31.6k

heritage ireland

A ghostly Famine-era village and a Pirate Queen castle: Put Achill on your 'to-do' list

1 Apr 2018

25.8k

francie mcguigan

Hooded Man: 'They asked me to count to ten; I refused in case I couldn’t do it'

24 Mar 2018

35.2k

century old

A Civil War mortar shell was found in a tree in Co Kildare

11 Mar 2018

29.0k

ancient times

Study reveals earliest cave art belonged to Neanderthals, not humans

25 Feb 2018

31.4k

Centenary

From the archives: A Christmas card from Countess Markievicz in Holloway Prison

9 Feb 2018

12.9k

Leaving Cert

13 of the most attractive people from Leaving Cert History books

3 Feb 2018

11.0k

moore's melodies

'He was the One Direction of his day': These musicians want to resurrect the almost-forgotten Thomas Moore

3 Feb 2018

26.1k

St Joseph’s Orphanage

Remembering the 35 girls who died in a Cavan orphanage fire in 1943

20 Jan 2018

27.7k

neolithic

Ancient human remains found in Mayo date back over 5,000 years

19 Jan 2018

57.5k

kerry babies

Kerry Babies: An unsolved murder 34 years after Ireland put 'womanhood on trial'

16 Jan 2018

63.9k

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Sliding Bus Doors

Temple Bar could have been a bus station but for a 'duplicitous volte face' from the government

7 Jan 2018

17.6k

Voices

'1918 was a year of monumental importance that had plenty in common with 2018 Ireland'

Caoimhín De Barra

1 Jan 2018

21.7k

too good

Harry Kane makes history as Spurs sweep aside Southampton

26 Dec 2017

7.9k

Relic

Scientists discover that a bone fragment from 343AD 'could belong to Santa'

6 Dec 2017

15.8k