Experience the Chilling Tale of Ireland’s First Witchcraft Trial at Kilkenny’s TOIL AND TROUBLE Festival
Kilkenny County Council has unveiled its newest festival Kilkenny’s TOIL AND TROUBLE Festival. From October 28th to November…
History
25,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
25,000 new historical records have been made freely available to the public to mark the 102nd anniversary of…
Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh: The forgotten heroine who shaped the lives of generations of Irish women
Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh was the first woman to write a novel in the Irish language, one of the…
Plaque in Memory of Sean Foster, First Child Fatality of the Easter 1916 Rising unveiled
Dublin City Council has today unveiled a Commemorative Plaque to remember Sean Foster, the first of 40 children…
Irish Historian Gerard Shannon on the remarkable life of Liam Lynch
Liam Lynch was one of the most important figures of the Irish revolutionary period from 1916-23 but despite…
Spring into Heritage: Experience Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown’s series of free guided walks and tours
From April 4th – May 1st, DLR Heritage Events open up the county’s heritage treasures with their Spring…
Portrait of Dublin’s First Female Lord Mayor Kathleen Clarke commissioned
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu last week announced that a commission for a portrait of Kathleen…
Book launched on how the Kennedy Family helped transform an Irish town
A newly published book, ‘Dunbrody, A Famine Odyssey – How JFK’s roots helped to revive an Irish town’,…
First genome sequences of Irish Vikings reveal ties to Norway
Cutting-edge DNA analysis on archaeological remains has shed new light on the identity of Irish Vikings. The first…
Meet the Irish folklorist preserving our stories for future generations
If you grew up in Ireland, then chances are that you’ve heard about the wondrous tales of the…