Máiréad Ní Ghráda, whose books are now in the AIHS collection, was a pioneering figure of RTÉ’s Irish programming.

"Eipidéim" is a new presenter-led history and science documentary series on the untold stories of the other great epidemics of Ireland’s past – smallpox, cholera and typhus, tuberculosis, polio, ...

Lesser-known key figures and unsung heroes behind the decades-long preservation of the Irish language in west Belfast have been spotlighted in a new exhibition. The old drying rooms in historic Conway ...

A 200-year-old manuscript containing a collection of traditional Irish poetry, folklore, history and the personal reflections of a shoemaker has been rediscovered in the archives of the Scituate ...

A Chara, – There’s only one way to read the statement by our Taoiseach that “Embracing Anglo-Irish history will never oblige us to think better of Cromwell” at the creation of the chair of Irish ...

Pól Deeds said "every word spoken against the Irish language" could be seen as "another blow struck in the cause of Irish unification" Hostility towards the Irish language is not doing unionism "any ...

Seanscéal agus meirg air, meaning “stale news”, or, more literally, “an old story with rust on it”. This figure of speech aptly describes the annual spilling of ink over the status of the Irish ...

This St Patrick's Day (March 17), if you encounter green beer or posters of leprechauns, be wary. There's something stirring in Irish culture that runs deeper than a discounted pint of Guinness. "We ...

SCITUATE − A mysterious, nearly forgotten booklet dating back to the early 19th century found in the archives of the Scituate Historical Society is drawing attention from scholars. The 78 pages of ...

Hostility towards the Irish language is not doing unionism "any favours", Stormont's Irish language commissioner has said. Pól Deeds said "every word spoken against the Irish language" could be seen ...