How a feisty Irish woman born in India launched the career of the biggest pop band in history and started a club that is still… Read More »An Irish Mammy, the luck of the Irish, and the Beatles

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a look at the American activist’s legacy on the island of Ireland. Martin Luther King’s legacy remains intact… Read More »How Martin Luther King inspired a Northern Ireland uprising

Enoch Burke is due to be arrested and sent to prison yet again after the former teacher turned up at Wilson’s Hospital School on Thursday… Read More »Inside Enoch Burke’s family as teacher faces prison again

“Belfast Days” offers a view of 1972 Belfast from 16-year-old Eimear O’Callaghan’s perspective, as she intersperses her real personal diary entries from the time with… Read More »What was it like to be a teenage girl in Belfast at the height of the Troubles?

In Ireland, history is everywhere. But in some places, there is an especially strong connection with the past. Here are IrishCentral’s choices for the top… Read More »Top sites in Ireland where history comes alive

The fifth edition of Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women, by Dublin City Council, returns from Friday, January 30 to Monday, February 2, marking a milestone… Read More »Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women announces its full 2026 programme

When the last spike was driven at Promontory Summit in 1869, history celebrated the men who laid the track, but largely erased the women who… Read More »“Iron Women” tells story of women who helped build the railroad

James Joyce died in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 13, 1941, but how did the most famous chronicler of Dublin life end up being buried in… Read More »On This Day: Iconic Irish writer James Joyce’s death in Switzerland

I was driving along the R438 on my way from Sneem in Co Kerry to my home in Co Cavan, when it occurred to me… Read More »The ancient history behind Ireland’s roads

If you are taking a trip to Ireland, and long to “walk in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors, then it is never too soon… Read More »“Walking in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors