“Novels arise out of the shortcomings of history,” Novalis said. It was subtle of Penelope Fitzgerald to use this as the epigraph for her historical novel about the poet, “The Blue Flower,” implying, ...
400 years ago under an Irish oak tree in the garden of St. Anthony’s College, Louvain, two south Donegal Franciscans changed Irish history forever. Fr. Hugh Ward, Guardian of the Irish Franciscans in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three tourists in Dublin city centre, Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin 1, Ireland. From the earliest African arrivals on Irish shores, ...
The ruins of Dunamase Castle tower over County Laois in Ireland. It's been centuries since anyone lived here, but an American tour group has come to imagine what life might have been like when their ...
Using advanced geophysical imaging techniques, archaeologists have discovered traces of an enormous circular structure, believed to be as old as 4,000 years. This prehistoric monument is believed to ...
The intriguing narratives of Celtic mythology illustrate the connections of the Ancient Greeks with the history of Ireland.
In 1984, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was the target of an assassination attempt at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. A bomb placed by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ...
About half of all US presidents can trace a branch of their family tree to the island of Ireland.