History: RTÉ

On this week: tragedy, Thin Lizzy and Garth at Croke Park

History • 10 May

A woman in a brown coat sitting next to some chickens, observed by a man in a dark coat and hat

RTÉ Guide flashback: from Harvard scholar to Irish sheep farmer

History • 8 hrs

A detail of a 1995 RTÉ Guide cover featuring Boyzone

RTÉ Guide flashback: Boyzone on fame and fans in 1995

History • 06 May

On this week: Bobby Sands, radioactive milk, and Dr Roy Keane

History • 02 May

Come to your census - a journey to know your relatives

Come to your census - a journey to know your relatives | Today with David McCullagh - RTÉ Radio 1

Census 1926 • 29 Apr

Trinny and Susannah, two white blonde women with shoulder-length hair, hold hands while sitting in gilded chairs in the RTÉ Guide

RTÉ Guide Flashback: noughties fashion with Trinny and Susannah

History • 28 Apr

Gormfhlaith Ni Thuairisg in National Archives

Come to your Census: Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg on Connemara

Broadcaster Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg invited us to her home place in Connemara, searching the census for traces of her grandparents' generation in the Gaeltacht.

Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg • 27 Apr

Come to your Census: Louise Duffy on Crossmolina in Mayo

Broadcaster Louise Duffy begins with her own family's connection to Crossmolina in County Mayo, but her search soon develops to tell a wider story about the lives of women in 1920s rural Ireland.

Louise Duffy • 27 Apr

Come to your Census: Dermot Bannon on Cappoquin in Waterford

Architect Dermot Bannon travels to Cappoquin in County Waterford, where his father's family once lived, to examine the lives of families there a century ago.

Dermot Bannon • 27 Apr

Come to your Census: Mick Lynch on Cork's Working Class

Trade unionist Mick Lynch turned to the 1926 census to explore the stories of two men [back then they were just young boys] who shared the same name: Jack Lynch.

Mick Lynch • 27 Apr

Joseph O Connor in the National Archives

Come to your Census: Joseph O'Connor on the Liberties in Dublin

Author Joseph O'Connor returns to Francis Street in Dublin's Liberties, where both sides of his family once lived.

Joseph O'Connor • 27 Apr

Come to your Census: Eileen Walsh on Quaker Road in Cork

Actor Eileen Walsh travelled to Quaker Road in Cork, where her grandfather Patrick McCarthy spent most of his adult life, laying family roots in a community still occupied by Eileen's close family today.

Eileen Walsh • 27 Apr