# hidden-history - Sunday 4 November, 2018
Roger O’Reilly’s book of illustrations looks at the hidden history of Ireland’s lighthouses.
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# hidden-history - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
The unlikely association with St James in Dublin’s Docklands.
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# hidden-history - Monday 3 September, 2018
The sign was revealed by recent wildfires after lying hidden for many years.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 4 August, 2018
The signs were used during World War II to guide pilots, as Ireland was a neutral country.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 5 November, 2017
Albert Cashier was born Jennie Hodgers in Clogherhead.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 19 August, 2017
Russell was an IRA chief of staff who died on a German u-boat in 1940.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 1 October, 2016
Several sites around Ireland are being ‘adopted’ by their local communities.
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# hidden-history - Monday 21 March, 2016
Jorge Zulkouski found the items ten years ago and with the 1916 centenary coming up, he thought now was the time to try to find out more.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 2 August, 2015
Pals – The Irish at Gallipoli tells their story.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 3 January, 2015
Take some time out to read all about these pockets of Ireland’s past.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 29 November, 2014
Patrick Brennan’s journal will be on display in Clare Museum.
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# hidden-history - Friday 21 November, 2014
It’s all in a logbook that was bought by Dublin City Council.
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# hidden-history - Friday 31 October, 2014
An archaeologist in Sligo has identified 35 used to hide people and ammunitions and needs your help to find more.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 4 October, 2014
The house has a private owner who lives in the USA.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 21 September, 2014
The burial site is located in a park, but even CCTV hasn’t deterred people from vandalising them.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 20 September, 2014
St Audoen’s in Dublin city centre stands by the most ancient road into Dublin. (And learn, too, about where the monks from Skellig Michael fled from their lonely rock in the sea.)
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# hidden-history - Saturday 6 September, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman transports us to another batch of wonderful Irish historical gems in Sligo, Dublin – and that incredible southerly Copper Coast.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 30 August, 2014
It was immortalised in a Frank O’Connor story.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 16 August, 2014
Worries on the big screen.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 9 August, 2014
Dunmore Cave has a chilling tale to tell visitors.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 2 August, 2014
Dr Hadden survived 2,000 people throwing “clods of earth” at him during one point in his journey…
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# hidden-history - Saturday 26 July, 2014
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.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 12 July, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman brings us on a round tower with a view and a fantastically flamboyant neo-gothic mansion.
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# hidden-history - Monday 5 May, 2014
A new project looks at the lives of the 1490 people who left Roscommon for Canada in 1847. What happened to them?
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# hidden-history - Thursday 1 May, 2014
A movie-themed tour is being launched at Glasnevin Cemetery and Museum in honour of MacAvin.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 26 April, 2014
Nurse Elizabeth O’Farrell was ‘airbrushed’ out of an important photograph from 1916.
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# hidden-history - Thursday 13 March, 2014
A Redditor needs your help in the hunt for his Irish heritage.
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# hidden-history - Wednesday 1 January, 2014
The mines are visited by ‘urban explorers’ – but can be dangerous places.
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# hidden-history - Monday 30 December, 2013
Franz Haselbeck cycled around Limerick and South Clare taking photographs of daily events – and major happenings.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 24 November, 2013
A new book looks at the history of the Irish Brigades from the Wild Geese to the Napoleonic Wars.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 17 November, 2013
Phyllis Radburn, who lived on Henrietta St, was able to take a trip back to her former home thanks to Dublin City Council.
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Why do some tenement homes have thick blue paint on the walls? An expert explains.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 9 November, 2013
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.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 19 October, 2013
These top tips from National Library of Ireland’s conservation expert could help you hold onto family memories for longer.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 28 September, 2013
For the All-Ireland hurling replay day that’s in it, check out that historic gem (in Donegal!) and others in Tipperary and Tyrone as part of Neil Jackman’s bi-weekly series.
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# hidden-history - Saturday 8 June, 2013
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman shines a spotlight on a town chock-full of interesting sites for you to visit this weekend.
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# hidden-history - Monday 18 March, 2013
These were the state-of-the-art toilets of the 1300s, although privacy, disposal and the danger of being caught by the wind were still a danger…
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# hidden-history - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Historian and archaeologists attempt to uncover secret history of over 180 civilians by the ‘old’ IRA between 1919 and 1923 in TV3 two-part doc.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 17 February, 2013
One clothing store on Grafton St gives a glimpse into how Irish businesses protected themselves from air raids during WWII.
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# hidden-history - Sunday 7 October, 2012
A radio documentary reveals new information about Private Daniel Hough, the first casualty of the American Civil War.
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