When William Sydney Clements, the 3rd Earl of Leitrim inherited a vast estate from his father in 1854 he became a controlling landlord and bullying tyrant.
In 1974 local farmers digging a well near the Chinese city of Xian came across one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made
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.
The infamous and notorious Black and Tans will not be forgotten in Irish history.
The things we can’t talk about? Well, those won’t be on the Late Late Show.
Your culture doesn’t matter any more – it has no specific nationality.
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.
We could debate this, in a civilised society: But debate it is not what Gary Lineker did.
Senators have no business commenting on people’s employability.
Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax. Though it affected everyone, it […]
If you look at Ireland this week and see a madhouse run by weird quasi-religious obsessives, know that you are not alone.