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CLOUGHMORE STONE AND A RECEDING ICE AGE.

The Cloughmore stone is situated 1,000 ft on the slopes of Slieve Martin Mountain in County Down. It’s a 50[…]

In 1932, an Irish scientist in Cambridge made a major scientific discovery by performing the first artificial splitting an atom.[…]

In the mud and darkness of the First World War, some of the most feared men on the Western Front[…]

Eamon Collins was in Newry on the morning of Sunday the ninth of May, 1987. What he learned confirmed what[…]

In this episode of The Celtic Way Podcast Series: Counties of Ireland by Irish Voices, Stephanie Woollard OAM speaks with[…]

The 1926 Census returns have been released online in a landmark initiative that gives the public an insight into the[…]

How Medieval Monks Built Stone Beehive Huts to Survive Atlantic Winters | Architecture Documentary In this architecture documentary, we explore[…]

September 1649. Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland with 12,000 soldiers. By 1653, an estimated 15-25% of Ireland’s population was dead.[…]

The years from 1919 to 1923 are a study in contrasts: two connected but distinct wars unfolding across the same[…]

In December 1796, the French Republic launched a bold attempt to invade Ireland and spark a rebellion against British rule.[…]