The Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship
The Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship The Jeanie Johnston was a remarkable exception among the many “coffin ships” that carried Irish[…]
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Category: Irish History
News and Stories about Irish History
When Wolfe Tone Met Napoleon
When Wolfe Tone Met Napoleon The greatest Irish republican leader, Wolfe Tone, and the greatest military general in history, Napoleon[…]
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John Hemingway: Last Surviving Battle of Britain Pilot Dies Aged 105
John Hemingway: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105 John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who fought[…]
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Chris Fogarty – Author Ireland 1845-1850 The Perfect Holocaust
The Perfect Holocaust Frank Avila Jr. interviews Author Chris Fogarty – Ireland 1845-1850: The Perfect Holocaust and Who Kept it[…]
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Death in The Dublin Slums | The Tenement Collapse of 1913 | Ireland
Death in The Dublin Slums | The Tenement Collapse of 1913 | Ireland The Story of the 1913 Church Street[…]
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I Crawled Through an Ancient Irish Fort (+ What I Actually Do for Work)
I Crawled Through an Ancient Irish Fort A few people have asked if I work. Yes – I have a[…]
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When Science Called the Irish “Inferior”
When Science Called the Irish “Inferior” Their history goes deeper than St Patrick’s Day parades. Irish Americans weren’t always seen[…]
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The TRAGIC Place In SCOTLAND Where IRISH Men Worked To DEATH ☘️
The TRAGIC Place In SCOTLAND Where IRISH Men Worked To DEATH ☘️ Camping beside the graveyard at the Blackwater Reservoir[…]
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March 22, 1922 – Rory O’Connor’s IRA Rebellion
March 22, 1922 – Rory O’Connor’s IRA Rebellion On March 22, 1922, Ireland teetered on the brink of civil war[…]
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Why didn’t Irish People Eat Fish during the Great Famine
Why didn’t Irish people eat fish during the Great Famine In the late 1840s, around one million people died from[…]
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