It was estimated that more than 400 people died at Doolough
In 1974 local farmers digging a well near the Chinese city of Xian came across one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made
An inspiration to millions of others in the totalitarian states
In March 2003, in a bog on the border of Meath and Offaly, in a place called Clonycavan, a body emerged from the peat beneath the shovel of a cutting machine.
He was born in Mayo the second of five children in an Irish speaking family.
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
A farmer’s son, Peadar Ó Laoghaire was born in Clondrohid, Cork, and grew up in the Muskerry Gaeltacht
His life was much shorter, he having died in March 1964 at the age of 41.
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of Crossbarry
St Patrick is now one of the world’s best known Catholic figures
22 other young men joined the hunger strike and 10 men died.
Great cruelty during Famine