Mark journeys to Dublin Bay, exploring the deeper meaning behind the ballads he’s sung for years. Mark travels to Dublin Bay, seeking a deeper meaning behind the Irish ballads he’s sung for years, and ...

Irish history has had many famous moments that changed the country and the people forever. Explore the incredible towns and ...

He was one of the key leaders of the 1916 “Easter Rising” armed insurrection that ended with his execution but paved the way for most of Ireland to win its independence from Britain. But before that, ...

The violent birth and subsequent splintering of the Irish Republican Army is the subject of a new film called The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Director Ken Loach's uncompromising stance on class ...

Protestants made up 10% of the population of the Irish Free State when it gained independence in 1922. Fast forward to the 2011 census and the figure was a little under half that at 4.27%.

“Nothing is politically right,” said the grandfather of Irish independence, Daniel O’Connell, “that is morally wrong.” The history of Ireland, though, might be seen as a war between politics and ...

Simon Harris, Ireland’s prime minister, invoked his nation’s struggle for independence from Britain and its decades of violent sectarian conflict. By Megan Specia When the Irish government on ...