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Franciscan friar rescued by locals in penal era Roscommon

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Joe Widger and Wild Man from Borneo racehorse.

Waterford jockey Joe Widger’s historic Grand National win at Aintree with Wild Man

A real Halloween horror: the manslaughter case that shook Fermanagh in 1916

A real Halloween horror: the manslaughter case that shook Fermanagh in 1916

Oranmore RIC men 1916.

RIC barracks under siege in Clarinbridge and Oranmore, Co. Galway, during the Easter Rising

Castle Caulfield, Co. Tyrone.

Exploring Castle Caulfield: Toby Caulfeild’s 17th-century mansion in Tyrone

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2,000-year-old fig found in Drumanagh promontory fort in north Dublin.

Exotic fig discovery at Drumanagh sheds light on Iron Age diet and trade routes

Illaunloughan, County Kerry.

Illaunloughan: a window into early medieval Ireland

Castle Caulfield, Co. Tyrone.

Exploring Castle Caulfield: Toby Caulfeild’s 17th-century mansion in Tyrone

Killanniv, the cillín or children's burial ground, in Drumanure, Co. Clare.

The children’s burial ground in Drumanure, Co. Clare

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Irish Genealogy Essentials course.

Ulster Historical Foundation rolls out new expert-led online Irish genealogy course

Hussey-Walsh manuscript collection.

Free access to newly digitized Hussey-Walsh collection featuring thousands of references to Irish Catholics

RootsIreland has added over 13,000 baptismal records from Castlegregory parish, Co. Kerry.

RootsIreland grows its Kerry resources with over 13,000 baptismal records from Castlegregory

Irish civil records.

Irish civil records: what’s online and what’s not online?

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Fox in Irish folklore.

The fox in Irish folklore

Diarmuid and Gráinne’s Bed in Oghil.

The women at the heart of the Fianna tales: Niamh, Sadhbh and Gráinne

Fianna tales of Caoilte, Diarmaid and Bran

The messenger, the romantic and the loyal hound: Fianna tales of Caoilte, Diarmaid and Bran

Goll mac Morna

Tales of the one-eyed Fianna warrior Goll mac Morna and his brothers

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2,000-year-old fig found in Drumanagh promontory fort in north Dublin.

Exotic fig discovery at Drumanagh sheds light on Iron Age diet and trade routes

Robert Fisk Archive.

Trinity receives €200,000 funding to conserve the Robert Fisk Archive

Lost story by Bram Stoker found in Dublin library.

Forgotten ghost story by Dracula author Bram Stoker rediscovered in Dublin library

Galway County Council has digitally mapped over 25,000 memorials, gravestones and other burial monuments across Galway.

How Esri’s ArcGIS technology is revolutionizing graveyard mapping in Galway

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