How the bungalow took over the Irish landscape Jack Fitzsimons' self-published book in 1971 profoundly influenced Irish domestic architecture Ireland • 08 Dec 21
How the Anglo-Irish Treaty was viewed internationally The December 1921 Treaty was one which attracted much international interest, especially throughout the British Empire History • 06 Dec 21
Psychics, clairvoyants and supernatural horrors in the Arctic As The Terror TV show demonstrates, the supernatural was never far away from any discussion of 19th century Arctic explorations History • 16 Nov 21
Just why is it so hard to predict the future? We have the collective human skills today to understand the choices we have to make for the future we want Society • 11 Nov 21
Ken Saro-Wiwa's death row letters to an Irish missionary nun 26 years after his unlawful execution, the Nigerian activist's struggle for environmental justice has been taken up by many others History • 10 Nov 21
All you need to know about Marie Curie The Polish scientist, who was born 154 years ago this week, was a pioneering trailblazer in many different ways science week • 07 Nov 21
What can our ancestors teach us about surviving climate change? Perhaps the most valuable lesson we can learn from early societies is that communities whose members co-operate are more resilient Climate Change • 04 Nov 21
The dark, grisly history of body-snatching in Ireland The 19th century trade in dead bodies saw medical students regularly raiding burial grounds for corpses to dissect History • 28 Oct 21
The 19th century ghost-hunter and the Co Fermanagh poltergeist William Barrett was a Victorian physicist who also investigated supernatural phenomena in Ireland History • 27 Oct 21
Why witches are for life and not just Halloween Now is the time for women to regain and rejoice in the wonders of the cailleach and witchery Folklore • 26 Oct 21
Stories from the sex lives of 20th century Irish men and women A collection of letters from patients with sexually-transmitted infections gives a unique insight into the sexual history of Ireland History • 22 Oct 21
"Darkest Ireland" and the burning of Bridget Cleary The criminal trial following the 1895 torture and murder of the Tipperary woman was a media sensation home and away. Folklore • 19 Oct 21
Where does the phrase 'taking the soup' come from? There are few more derogatory terms in Irish history than 'Souper' or the accusation that one 'took the soup' History • 18 May 22
The long, quiet agricultural revolution in rural Ireland Post-Famine Ireland bears little resemblance to rural Ireland today, but this transformation took a long revolution Farming • 07 Oct 21
The partition of Ireland 774 years ago There are parallels to be drawn between the 1921 partition and the one which occured in Medieval Ireland in 1247 Medieval Ireland • 30 Sep 21
Why commemoration is controversial (even if we feel it shouldn't) Commemorations are often presented as neutral acts of reflecting back but they are always about the interplay between the past and the present, and inherently … History • 21 Sep 21
How a Paris conference in 1922 put Ireland on a world stage The World Congress of the Irish Race was the first deployment of public and cultural diplomacy by the young Irish Free State History • 07 Sep 21
The many twists and turns in the history of the mobile phone Thanks to advances in technology and communication, mobile phone systems worldwide have been utterly transformed History • 07 Sep 21
A short history of small Irish political parties with big impacts From the Businessmen's Party to the Workers' Party, many small political parties have made a pitch to Irish voters Politics • 02 Sep 21
Why do some emigrants rarely feature in Ireland's diaspora story? We need to tell a greater range of stories about the Irish emigrant experience than just tales of great triumph over adversity History • 02 Sep 21
How Ireland's county boundaries define us Forget intercounty GAA rivalry, the history of boundaries has a lot do with attempts to control people's freedom of movement Ireland • 15 Nov 21
Outfit of the day: hairstyles and fashion in 16th century Ireland Albrecht Dürer's enigmatic drawing shows us what Ireland wore 500 years ago, from the glib haircut to mantle coats History • 30 Aug 21
'Don't kick that skull or the dead will come after you!' There is a fascinating body of Irish folklore and oral history that warns people against interfering with skulls and human remains Folklore • 30 Nov 22
3 lessons about fitness and community from Ireland's oldest gym Dublin's Hercules gym has been in existence since 1935 and provides a different pathway in the Irish gym landscape History • 23 Aug 21
The Michaelmas customs associated with September 29th in Ireland From harvest and pilgrimage to legend and lore about púca and the weather, Michaelmas used to be an important day in the Irish calendar History • 29 Sep 21
