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Dublin City during the Great Famine: explore the map

Dublin didn't face the same horrors as Connacht and Munster but its streets and workhouses were full of desperate people. This map shows where they took refuge

Opening of the letter

The Distress Papers: the growing anger of the people

Hibernia, as depicted in the 17th century.

Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World: watch the lectures

Detail of the letter

The Distress Papers: the threat of public disturbance

Famine memorial, Dublin. Image: Getty Images

"So sad in themselves": the impact of the Great Famine

The cover of Declan O'Rourke's album In Full Colour

'Her Silken Brown Hair': chronicling the Famine in song

Close up of the map

The effects of the Great Famine: explore the maps

Fictional Irish immigrants in the US

How the Irish Famine changed New York City forever

The Famine memorial window at Belfast City Gall

Changing memories: Famine memorials around the world

Sea trunk of Margaret Hurley from Gort, Galway, who emigrated to Sydney

Good character: female Workhouse emigration to Australia

The memorial at Doolough. Photo: Frank Coyne

'Living skeletons': the Doolough Tragedy

After the Famine: explore the new section

A montage of images from the RTE History website

History resources for secondary teachers and students

May Gibney in her Cumann ma mBan uniform. Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW 19PO-1A22-27

RTÉ History in the Junior and Senior Cycle history classroom

Image from the Irish Revolution documentary series

Irish history on RTE television

Two minute guides to...

The RIC

Mary McAulliffe on the changing role of the R.I.C. during the War of Independence

The RIC

Mary McAulliffe on the changing role of the R.I.C. during the War of Independence

The Dáil Ban

John Borgonovo on how the ban backfired on the British

The First Dáil

Helene O'Keeffe on the first TDs

Cumann na mBan

Helene O'Keeffe on the crucial role women played in the War of Independence

May Gibney, courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum/OPW

History in pictures: themed image galleries and exhibitions

Colourised image

The War of Independence in colour series

Elizabeth Mernin

War of Independence lives: meet the people who changed history

The History Show on RTE Radio 1

Bringing the past to life with Myles Dungan and guests

From the RTÉ Archives

"Nothing Else Mattered": Sighle Humpreys of Cumann na mBan

What was it like to be involved in Cumann na mBan during its first revolutionary decade? In this 1984 interview, Sighle Humphreys shares her memories.

Earnán de Blaghd, Robert Barton and James Ryan (1969)

Standing For An Irish Parliament

Maire Comerford remembers the first meeting of the Dáil

Dan Breen on the Soloheadbeg ambush

About the War of Independence project

The War of Independence project is a partnership between RTÉ History, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media and The Atlas of the Irish Revolution

RTE History

World War 1

Gallipoli: An Irish Story

The 1916 Rising

Century Ireland

Discover the history of your land

History on Brainstorm

Garret FitzGerald at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis (1981)

Did a tax on children's shoes really cause a government to fall?

Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane who was murdered in 1989

Margaret Thatcher, British collusion and Pat Finucane's murder

Northern Ireland

Fine Gael's first leader Eoin O'Duffy at a rally of the Blueshirts. To his right is Alfred Byrne, the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Photo: Hulton Archive/ Getty Images

Why there would be no Fine Gael without the Blueshirts

An engraving of 18th century confectionary delights by Jacques-Philippe Careme. Photo: DeAgostini/Getty Images

How dessert became the bling course at 18th century dinners

'That girl': Irish revolutionary Máire Comerford described herself as a 'small drop of oil helping make things work'. Photo: RTÉ Stills Library

Why were women omitted from modern Irish history?

St Jarlath as depicted in a stained glass window designed by Richard King in 1961 in Tuam cathedral. Photo: Andreas F. Borchert/Wikipedia Creative Commons

Why medieval Ireland was known as the 'island of saints'

Medieval Ireland

The Leprechaun Brothers (AKA The Swedish Chef, Animal and Beaker) perform "Danny Boy"

From Elvis to The Muppets, the story of "Danny Boy"

st patricks day

On the march: St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin in 1955. Photo: Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

A day off from Lent: St Patrick's Day traditions from the past

st patricks day

Edward Mulhare, the North Mon boy and link between Knight Rider's KITT and Pope John Paul II"s Irish popemobile

The Cork actor, Knight Rider and the popemobile

Sliocht as ceann de dhánta Caitilín Dubh. Íomhá le caoinchead ó leabharlann an Ruiséalaigh in Ollscoil Má Nuad agus Script na hÉireann ar an Scáileán

Bean i gclub na mbuachaillí: Caitilín Dubh agus filíocht na mban

Women at work in a field in Co Roscommon in 1870. Illustration: The Illustrated London News/ Getty Images

A history of women's land rights in Ireland

Ellen O'Mara Sullivan in 1905. Photo: Courtesy of Mark Humphrys https://humphrysfamilytree.com/

The Limerickwoman who was one of Ireland's film pioneers