Over half a million Irish historical records have now been recovered and digitized as part of a program to restore several ...

Northern Ireland's history has since been shaped by sectarian division between mainly Catholic Irish nationalists and Protestant unionists. The Troubles erupted in the late 1960s after civil rights ...

About half of all US presidents can trace a branch of their family tree to the island of Ireland.

Ireland is known for its lush green countryside, "forty shades of green", friendly people, and of course, ancient history reaching back 8,000 years. There's little wonder there are so many castles and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three tourists in Dublin city centre, Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin 1, Ireland. From the earliest African arrivals on Irish shores, ...

Growing up as an Irish woman, I often wondered why a Romano-British man became Ireland’s enduring global icon, eclipsing nearly every Irish woman in history. Yet every March, millions worldwide ...

Land reasserts the Gaelic language and culture in opposition to the culture of the British colonisers, but relies on ...