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# Leaving Cert

13 of the most attractive people from Leaving Cert History books

From Roger Casement to Edna O’Brien, we run through the best looking people on the Irish history course.

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Feb 3rd 2018, 9:30 PM

# moore's melodies

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

Thanks to Moore, we have Irish songs and music that would have died with end of oral history.

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Feb 3rd 2018, 9:00 PM

# St Joseph’s Orphanage

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

Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell highlighted the tragic fire in the Dáil this week during a debate on the Eighth Amendment.

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Jan 20th 2018, 11:28 AM

# neolithic

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

A local hillwalker made the discovery in a cave-like chamber on Ben Gorm Mountain.

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Jan 19th 2018, 11:03 AM

# kerry babies

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

As we wait on a significant announcement from gardaí, we look back at the Kerry Babies case which rocked the country to its core – and became, perhaps, a catalyst for change.

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Jan 16th 2018, 1:19 PM

# Sliding Bus Doors

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

It would also feature an underground rail tunnel from Heuston Station to Connolly.

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Jan 7th 2018, 7:30 AM

Voices

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

Here is a look back at that year, with some reflections on the similarities and differences with the Ireland of today, writes Caoimhín De Barra.

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Jan 1st 2018, 7:00 AM

# too good

Harry Kane makes history as Spurs sweep aside Southampton

The England international overtook Alan Shearer’s Premier League record for most goals in a calendar year.

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Dec 26th 2017, 2:22 PM

# Relic

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

“It is exciting to think that these relics could in fact be genuine.”

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Dec 6th 2017, 12:38 PM

# man on the bridge

PHOTOS: Arthur Fields captured Dublin life for five decades

An archive of almost 6,000 photographs has been crowdsourced from across Ireland.

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Nov 19th 2017, 6:30 PM

# rms leinster

Great tragedy of 500 lives lost in sunken mail boat RMS Leinster retold

Over 500 people were killed when the boat sank, just a month before the First World War ended.

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Nov 18th 2017, 9:45 AM

# History makers

'A massive step' - Shannon RFC to field first-ever U20 women's team in Ireland

They’ll make their bow next Wednesday week.

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Nov 17th 2017, 6:30 PM

# atlas of the irish revolution

This 1,000 page, 5kg atlas challenges the usual story of Ireland's revolutionary history

We spoke to one of its editors.

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Nov 12th 2017, 8:00 PM

# du noyer

The artist who captured Ireland in the 1800s with thousands of watercolours

George Victor du Noyer travelled around Ireland drawing various features, accompanied by his spaniel Mr Buff.

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Nov 12th 2017, 8:45 AM

# hidden history

This Irish woman fought as a man in the USA's Civil War

Albert Cashier was born Jennie Hodgers in Clogherhead.

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Nov 5th 2017, 10:30 AM

# Take a Bow

Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien makes history at Ascot

He drew level with Bobby Frankel’s record of 25 Group One winners in a year.

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Oct 21st 2017, 3:31 PM

# Rout

Liverpool record biggest away victory by an English club in Champions League history

The Reds arrived in Slovenia with critics questioning Jurgen Klopp’s signings and tactics.

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Oct 17th 2017, 9:52 PM

# History

Former Ireland captain in first Barbarians women's side to make bow against Munster

Fiona Coghlan and the Barbarians will face Munster in Thomond Park next month.

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Oct 10th 2017, 11:54 AM

# History

Pics: The world's largest exhibition of Famine-related art is coming to Ireland

The artworks, which are currently on display at a museum in Connecticut, will be displayed in Ireland for eight months next year.

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Oct 2nd 2017, 9:30 PM

# dublin docks

A century after the attack, fatal U-boat bombing commemorated in Dublin

Of the 36 people who died in the bombings, only four bodies were found.

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Sep 30th 2017, 9:45 AM

# Breaking New Ground

More history to be made by Joy Neville as she'll take charge of men's international

The former Ireland back row will become one of the first female referees to oversee a men’s international next month.

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Sep 27th 2017, 10:06 AM

# History

'Found destitute and demented': Limerick police records give insight into Irish life in 1922

The collection was made available online this week as part of a project by the council to digitise its archive.

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Sep 10th 2017, 8:30 PM

# Quakers

How a desolate patch of Ireland was used to teach people to farm during the famine

The farm taught hundreds of Irishmen to be self-sustaining during the worst of the Great Famine.

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Sep 9th 2017, 8:30 PM

# custody

Neglect and abuse of Irish children in institutions led them to set cells on fire and swallow nails

There was a huge resistance to child psychology in Ireland up to the 1950s due to the close connections between state and church.

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Sep 3rd 2017, 10:00 PM

# History

Head shavings at gunpoint and sexual assaults - Violence against women during the Irish Revolution

A Maynooth professor has said history may be downplaying the level of violence directed towards women during the conflict.

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Sep 3rd 2017, 7:00 PM

# History

Relics of Piracy and a History of Dublin: The Central Bank is opening its archives for the first time

Over 12,000 paper files are open to the public.

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Aug 31st 2017, 1:41 PM

# notice

'It would make you wonder has anything changed?': Over a century later, Ireland still can't shake its eviction past

The rent uncertainty of today is not only widespread – but goes deep through the ages of Irish history.

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Aug 26th 2017, 8:30 PM

Fancy yourself as a bit of an Indiana Jones? Now you can experience what he did on his day job

The public is being asked to help at archaeological dig at Glendalough.

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Aug 20th 2017, 7:30 PM

# rindoon

Why was this medieval Roscommon village abandoned centuries ago?

Heritage Week kicks off today, and a talk in Kilkenny on the abandoned medieval village of Rindoon is just one great example of what’s on.

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Aug 19th 2017, 7:30 AM

# Heritage or Hate?

The icons of Confederacy at the heart of America's debate

There are more than 1,500 symbols of the Confederacy on public land, mostly in the South.

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Aug 19th 2017, 7:00 AM

# yisrael kristal

The Holocaust survivor who became the world's oldest man has died aged 113

Yisrael Kristal survived Auschwitz and lived out his life in Israel.

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Aug 11th 2017, 5:39 PM

# a hero's journey

Audio diaries detail Tom Crean's grandaughter's arduous journey in his footsteps

The documentary maker who compiled the diaries said they show the family share Tom Crean’s “traits of endurance”.

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Jul 30th 2017, 8:30 PM

# Bottoms Up

The late-night flight that inspired a chef to make the first Irish coffee

Plane-weary passengers inspired a Tyrone chef to invent an Irish coffee almost 75 years ago.

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Jul 22nd 2017, 10:00 AM

# aviation mystery

Long-lost photo supposedly of Amelia Earhart couldn't be her, says expert

A new documentary claims to shed new light on her disappearance.

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Jul 12th 2017, 4:49 PM

# History makers

The year the Irish conquered Wimbledon

1890 was the most successful year in Irish tennis when it comes to Wimbledon.

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Jul 2nd 2017, 7:00 AM

# Fadó fadó

This new database shows you all the ancient hill forts across Ireland

The database reveals that Mayo and Cork each have more than 70 ancient hill fort sites.

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Jun 24th 2017, 10:00 AM

# History

Ireland become full Test-playing nation after landmark ICC vote in London

After a 10-year quest to join cricket’s elite club, Ireland have been promoted from Associate status after a unanimous vote.

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Jun 22nd 2017, 3:26 PM

# Bonhams

Patrick Pearse 1916 surrender letter sells for £263,000 at London auction

The estimated sale price was less than half of that.

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Jun 14th 2017, 7:27 PM

# Father courage

Irish chaplain patrolled 1917 frontlines with a shovel, gave last rites and then buried the dead

The extraordinary bravery of Fr William Doyle is told in new exhibition at National Museum.

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Jun 4th 2017, 12:00 PM

# Exhibition

From the front room to The Long Hall: The history of the Dublin pub

‘A Little History of the Dublin Pub’ opens on 1 June and will run until 24 September.

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May 28th 2017, 9:30 PM