A history of Irish budgets Our fiscal history tells us much about our past and the business of government over many centuries. Budget 2022 • 11 Oct 21
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
The story behind the controversial painting of Roger Casement The painting embodies many of the complexities that deny a simple representation of modern Irish history History • 29 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
The science of winning an All-Ireland final 100 years ago Are there lessons for Mayo and Tyrone in how Limerick trainer Jim D'Alton prepared his All Ireland winners in 1919? Sport • 30 Aug 21
How architect Herbert Simms transformed Dublin The capital's first housing architect played a key role in the battle with unfit housing conditions in the 1930s and 1940s History • 27 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 • 26 Aug 21
How the Civil War split an Irish republican family in two No family were as promenient as the Ryans of Co Wexford during the War of Independence, but few were as bitterly divided by the aftermath Irish Civil War • 24 Aug 21
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
A new view of an old country: heritage tourism in Ireland How the changing face of heritage tourism since the 1950s has allowed us to see Ireland in new ways Heritage • 13 Aug 21
Did the New Ireland Forum play a part in the peace process? While the 1984 report provoked Margaret Thatcher's infamous 'out, out, out' remarks, it also had some important long-term consequences History • 12 Aug 21
What Ireland's first stamps told the world about the new state The Irish Free State stamps of the 1920s were a way of decolonising the Irish visual imagination History • 08 Aug 21
Half cooked & half raw: the Irish tradition of spuds with a moon Why the rural poor in 19th century Ireland half-cooked potatoes for consumption says a lot about society, history and food Food • 30 Jul 21
How Medieval Ireland's scholars and ideas had an impact on France Ireland's cultural exports to France at the time included learned pilgrims, cheeky philosophers and ideas on the science of time History • 28 Jul 21
5 moments which changed Irish Olympic history From long jumper Peter O'Connor to boxer Katie Taylor, Irish Olympic athletes have made waves that go beyond sport Olympics • 22 Jul 21
How a Troubles amnesty would damage peace in Northern Ireland The move by the UK government has provoked strong, swift and remarkably unified opposition Northern Ireland • 21 Jul 21
How Irish women gymnasts ended up on tour in Sweden in 1949 A lack of cash and media coverage didn't stop the League of Health women going to compete at the Lingiad games in Stockholm History • 21 Jul 21
