Music
Celtic Charmers: The Irish Rovers
The Irish Rovers were a traditional band formed in 1963 whose career would span over 40 years.
19th Century Period
The Fenian Brotherhood
In the aftermath of the Great Famine, Ireland was exhausted. The population had fallen dramatically through death from hunger and disease, and from mass emigration.
Irish Mythology & Folklore
The Invasion of Ireland by the Milisians
In the Mythological Cycle of Irish Mythology, the Milisians invaded Ireland after seeking a land without serpents as foretold by Moses.
Irish Mythology & Folklore
The Tuatha Dé Danann Invades Ireland
In the Mythological Cycle of Irish Mythology the Tuatha Dé Danann lived in the other-world and were a magical race who became known as the Sidhe Faerie Folk in Irish folklore.
19th Century Period
The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
Wilde, born in Westland Row in Dublin, was the middle child of Sir William Wilde, a successful eye and ear surgeon, and his wife Jane Francesca, an Irish nationalist who wrote poetry under the pseudonym […]
Irish Mythology & Folklore
The Fir Bolg & The Third Invasion of Ireland
In the Mythological Cycle of Irish Mythology, the Fir Bolg (men of bags) arrived in Ireland after suffering 200 years of slavery in Greece.
19th Century Period
Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch
As Ireland struggled with the dire effects of the Great Famine, supporters of Daniel O Connell had started to become disappointed by his failure to achieve real land reform, or self- government for Ireland, through peaceful […]
Irish Mythology & Folklore
The Second Invasion of Ireland
After the destruction of Ireland’s first settlers by plague, Ireland was empty of people, and it remained so for thirty years according to Irish Mythology.
19th Century Period
History of Irish Diaspora
Mass migration of the Irish peaked during the Great Famine (An Gorta Mor) or commonly known as the Potato Famine of 1845-1850.
19th Century Period
The Great Irish Famine: A Tragic Chapter in Irish History
The Great Famine of 1845, also known as the Irish Potato Famine, was a devastating period in Ireland’s history. […]
Irish Mythology & Folklore
Ireland’s First Settlers: A Short Lived History
The story of Ireland’s first settlers is part of Irish mythology taken from a manuscript, Foras Feasa ar Éireann, written by an Irish priest in the 1630s.
19th Century Period
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was an Irish revolutionary. Born on 18 September 1831 devoted over 60 years of his life to Irish independence.