The story of the Irish who fought for Republican Spain
There was no escaping the Spanish question in Ireland in the twelve months after the summer of 1936, write Barry McLoughlin and Emmet O’Connor
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There was no escaping the Spanish question in Ireland in the twelve months after the summer of 1936, write Barry McLoughlin and Emmet O’Connor
Catherine Healy is hoping to gather the stories of domestic servants who worked abroad in the lead up to WW II.
Test your knowledge of the 1996 classic.
A local group discovered the image, after searching based on an old aerial photo.
Caoimhín de Barra looks at the possible compromises we would face if a united Ireland became a reality
Filmmaker Oisín Mistéil set out to answer that question in a new documentary to be aired tomorrow.
Historical records destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War have been restored digitally.
Sheehy Skeffington fought for equality and the republican cause – but why wasn’t she put forward as a candidate in the crucial 1918 election?
Posts on social media have stated that Irish ‘slaves’ were treated as poorly as African slaves during this period.
The many plots of Bully Acre’s incredible past.
The story of social reformers, Anna and Thomas Haslam.
The National Library of Ireland has launched its latest exhibition, which will run until May 2019.
Don’t cry for Strandhill, Argentina.
It’s difficult to be even-handed about someone who arouses such strong emotions, four decades after his death, writes David McCullagh.
Torcs and lanulas are great, but what about an Italia 90 tea tin?
We take a deeper look at how the 32nd Dáil compares to its predecessors.
The day put forward is the second Sunday in May every year.
In this extract from his book Paisanos, Tim Fanning tells the story of army officer Alexander O’Reilly.
Thomas Meldon was one of three men who created the tricolour which flew at Jacob’s factory during the Easter Rising.
Will Michael Noonan be the first sitting minister to go to the PAC? Or is Leo Varadkar wrong?
The auction in Kilkenny features over 800 lots.
Get your thinking caps on.
FactCheck debunks a false claim that has gone viral after a major speech by Michelle Obama, last night.
Make your mark on Irish history.
The man who won a Dáil seat by one vote tells us: “It was an awful way to win, but a terrible way to lose.”
What an explosive, forgotten 172-year-old chapter in Irish-American history can teach us about the world today.
Teilifís Éireann’s first ever TV Christmas, 53 years ago.
What did we watch on RTE in 1964? Who had the Christmas No 1 during the Big Freeze of 2010?
Snowball fights, the Christmas Day swim, and grown men acting like little children – more than 70 years ago.
How much for a bag of toy soldiers?
€4.1 billion in punts, overall. That’s a hell of a lot of Communion money.
Walt Disney meets Dev, Miss Ireland 1942, and the ESB in Bahrain, 1977.
If you like exploring Irish history, stories and eccentricities then read on…
Two new exhibitions chronicle the defining decades of modern Irish history.
You can now read his diaries online.
In May 1847, 1,490 people from Strokestown, Co Roscommon set out for Canada. Less than half of them made it there.