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Jack-o'-lantern's History and Meaning: Why Irish Jack-o’-lanterns are Pumpkins Today

By: Melissa Roberts

The Ulster Cycle: The tales of Cúchulainn

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Top Ten Trivia about Dublin, Ireland: Fun Facts about Dublin's Literature, Music, History and Guinness

By: James Parsons

Absentee Landlords in the West of Ireland: The reason for Mass Evictions and the tragic results

By: Michael Durkin

The Act of Union 1800: The Political Crusade of Lord Cronwallis and Lord Castlereagh

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

What Were the Origins of the Celtic Cross? Celtic Crosses joined Underworld, Earth and Sky

By: Michael Durkin

Henry Grattan (1746-1820): Grattan’s Parliament and Irish Legislative Independence

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Columbanus , Patron Saint of Europe? Irish Missionaries Revitalised Europe, in particular Columbanus

By: Michael Durkin

Oliver Plunkett (1625-81) and the Popish Plot: The Popish Plot in Ireland

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Sir Charles Coote: & the Irish Confederate War

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Oliver Cromwell in Ireland 1649: The Massacres at Drogheda and Wexford

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Legend Of Finn McCool: The Fascinating Story Of The Giant Who Built The Causeway

By: Pete Cummings

Patrick Pearse, Leader of the Easter Revolt: Irish Romanticism and the Desire for Martyrdom

By: David McNeill

The Role of Irish Women in the Easter Rising: The Cumann na mBan and the Fight for Irish Independence

By: David McNeill

A Myth of the Irish Easter Rising: Eamon de Valera and his Persistent Misquote

By: David McNeill

St. Patrick's Escape: Irish Saint's Personal Story in Confession

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Christianity in Ireland Before St. Patrick: Multiple Sources Cite Sparse Early Irish Christian Communities

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Historic Irish Gays and Lesbians: Profiles of Six Prominent Homosexuals from Ireland

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Irish Sayings: Proverbs, Wit, and Wisdom from the Irish

By: Jared Plotkin

What were Coffin Ships? Thousands Died on the Journey from Ireland to America.

By: Michael Durkin

Ulster Scots or Scots Irish ? This group of people shaped America

By: Michael Durkin

Did Saint Brendan Discover America in a Currach? The Traditional Irish Currach has Moved from Exploration into Racing

By: Michael Durkin

Easter Rising 1916: Botched Rebellion leading to Irish Independance

By: Barry Vale

The Approaches to Irish History: The Traditionalist and Revisionist Views Towards Ireland’s Past

By: Luke Broadbent

The Great Famine: The Origins of Ireland's Potato Economy

By: Andrew Hopskotch

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