From the earliest African arrivals on Irish shores, Black people have played an important role in shaping Irish society. Although there aren’t very many Black people living in Ireland today, they ...

The result is a book that demands we grow up about our history. The story of Ireland and Empire isn't simple – it’s not a ...

The ruins of Dunamase Castle tower over County Laois in Ireland. It's been centuries since anyone lived here, but an American tour group has come to imagine what life might have been like when their ...

VIVID FACES: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923. By R.F. Foster. Norton. 332 pages. $29.95. Ireland is a country to whose history the word “tragic” is often appended, and perhaps with ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a 5,500-year-old wildcat, placing the species on Irish soil almost 4,000 years ...

A research fellow in history at De Montfort University Leicester (U.K.), Cronin offers synopsis with little insight in this overview of Irish history. Starting with ancient Gaelic Ireland, he quickly ...

A new history of modern Ireland: “All these years later, much popular Irish history is still viewed through the lens of English colonialism. But the authors and editors of The Princeton History of ...

“Novels arise out of the shortcomings of history,” Novalis said. It was subtle of Penelope Fitzgerald to use this as the epigraph for her historical novel about the poet, “The Blue Flower,” implying, ...

Irish blessings have a long and storied history, with roots that stretch back centuries. These beautiful and poetic blessings have been passed down through generations of Irish families, and have ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner people in our community are celebrating the history of the Irish Community here in Savannah. In Monday’s Saluting the Irish - ...

What's a portrait of Frederick Douglass doing hanging in an Irish-themed pub in Washington, D.C.? To get to the answer, Parker and Gene dive deep... The long, storied history of solidarity between ...