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Glengarriff village in the mid-19th century

Golf’s early days in Sligo and its founding fathers

Billy Hynes: Cork teen stowaway served in the US Cavalry on the wild frontier

A footnote to the rescue at Knocklong: a bystander’s role

The “Lady of the Lake”: Beezie and her island

Cottage Island on Lough Gill: its history and archaeology

What the census tells us about Ireland’s first president, Douglas Hyde

Church Island on Lough Gill: its history and archaeology

Franciscan friar rescued by locals in penal era Roscommon

Young Limerick man “killed by the Tories” in 1703

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Dr Jeremiah G. O’Sullivan, Royal Army Medical Corps

Cork doctor’s reflections on service in North Africa and Italy during World War 2

The Dublin Players with Mayor Wagner.

The American tours of the Dublin Players, 1951–58

Cardinal Timothy Manning from Ballingeary.

The Ballingeary Gaeltacht roots of Los Angeles’ Cardinal Timothy Manning

Margaret Martin in America, after narrowly missing the Titanic’s boarding.

Life’s unexpected turns for the Mayo-born Margaret Martin who almost boarded the Titanic

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Finds from Sligo’s Green Fort excavation.

Excavation of Sligo’s Green Fort yields over 1,000 finds from 17th-century bastioned military fort

The National Museum of Ireland’s new Words on the Wave exhibition features manuscripts written by Irish monks on loan from the Abbey Library of St Gall.

Irish manuscripts return home after more than a millennium, now on display until October

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Drumanagh, Co. Dublin.

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Iron Age site during excavation on Dublin headland

Book of Leinster.

Book of Leinster now on display at Trinity following major conservation of 12th-century manuscript

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175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025

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Historical school records from Co. Wicklow.

A guide to Co. Wicklow’s historical school registers, roll books and other school records

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Mass paths.

Recording Ireland’s mass paths through the voices of Irish emigrants in New York’s Tri-State area

Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan: the traditions and customs associated with Women’s Christmas

Delivering Christmas trees in Waterford city in 1929.

Irish Christmas customs, traditions and beliefs

Fox in Irish folklore.

The fox in Irish folklore

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175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025

Finds from Sligo’s Green Fort excavation.

Excavation of Sligo’s Green Fort yields over 1,000 finds from 17th-century bastioned military fort

Irish genealogy news round-up, May 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, May 2025

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