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    Dr Oliver O'Hanlon is an assistant lecturer in the Department of French at University College Cork.

    Paris, France - May 13, 2017: People shopping at Saint-Honore outdoors food market, Paris, France

    The story of the Irish farmers restaurant in the heart of Paris

    La ferme irlandaise set out to showcase the best of Irish food and ingredients when it opened in the French capital in 1979

    Food • 22 Jul
    An engraving, circa 1342, of Clement VI, one of the Avignon popes. Engraving: Pierre Roger de Beaufort, 1291-1352. Image: Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images

    What happened when Avignon replaced Rome as the home of the pope?

    The eventful Avignon Papacy included three different popes ruling at the same time and an Irish king complaining about the English

    History • 21 Mar
    Wren Boys on the road in Athea, Co Limerick in 1947. Photo: Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/National Folklore Collection

    Hunting the wren in Dingle on St Stephen's Day 1929

    Frenchwoman Marie-Louise Sjoestedt spent Christmas 1929 in west Kerry and observed many of the local customs associated with the season

    Christmas • 20 Dec 24
    The exterior of the renovated Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Photo: Christophe Petit Tesson/AFP via Getty Images

    The story of Notre-Dame's unusual link with Irish history

    A look at the Parisian cathedral's history as it re-opens after a five year €700 million renovation project following the 2019 fire

    History • 06 Dec 24
    John O'Hanlon, Ireland's rep at the 1924 Chess Olympics in Paris. Photo: Ulster Chess

    The story of the Irishman at Paris 'Chess Olympics' 100 years ago

    1924 was a busy year for Irish chess, with John O'Hanlon's appearance in Paris and the game also featuring at that year's Tailteann Games

    Chess • 12 Sep 24
    Ardee woman Beatrice Hill-Lowe taking bronze in archerty at the London Olympics in 1908. Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

    5 Irish athletes who won Olympic medals for other countries

    Meet the Cork hammer thrower, the Antrim marathon runner, the Kerry rifle-shooter, the Louth archer and the Fermanagh sprinter

    Olympic Games • 25 Jul 24
    The team photo of the 1924 Ireland Olympic Games soccer team at Castleknock Hotel in Dublin. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images

    How did the first Irish Olympics team do in Paris 100 years ago?

    Ireland sent 48 athletes to the 1924 Olympic Games to compete in seven different events, from soccer to water polo

    Olympic Games • 22 Jul 24
    A farmer working the land around Corca Dhuibhne, the most western part of Europe, in the 1940s. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

    How 'Máire Fhrancach' became a Corca Dhuibhne cailín

    Marie-Louise Sjoestedt introduced the West Kerry dialect and extraordinary concepts from Irish mythology to an audience beyond Ireland

    History • 22 Mar 24
    Battling Siki tries out some moves with two boys in Dublin in March 1923. Photo: Walshe/Getty Images

    Battling Siki's Dublin boxing adventure on St Patrick's Day 1923

    The first international sporting event held in the Free State was a world light-heavyweight boxing title clash on St Patrick's Day 1923

    History • 14 Mar 24
    US president John F Kennedy and his family watch the Black Watch band perform at the White House a few days before his assassination. At left is Maj. W.M. Wingate Gray, commander of the Black Watch. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images

    How did Scottish soldiers end up playing music at JFK's funeral?

    The Black Watch regiment band's presence at the funeral owed much to an earlier performance in November 1963 at the White House

    JFK • 23 Nov 23
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