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

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 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 ...

Genealogical riches from every county of the island of Ireland feature among 175,000 new historical records which are now available online. For the first time there are now 60,000 names on the Virtual ...

Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library will close for restoration and construction in 2027. What does that mean for the ...

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 ...

Visit this charming riverside town in Ireland to escape the tourist crowds, explore its rich history, and enjoy a scenic ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

A proposal to rename a Dublin park named after a former Israeli president has sparked controversy. Ireland’s chief rabbi says ...