De Valera in America

Weather Warning

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

RTE History in the Junior and Senior Cycle history classroom

History • 22 Jan

A montage of images from the RTE History website

History resources for secondary teachers and students

History • 22 Jan

An Irish labourer in the 1850s

19th century in colour: an Irish labourer in the 1850s

Famine Ireland • 14 Jan

A cartoon showing Lloyd George bringing the partition bill to Carson

Politics of partition: how different parties saw the new border

History • 22 Dec 20

David McCullagh

Two minute guide: David McCullagh on how the border was drawn

History • 21 Dec 20

The smouldering ruins of Cork

The Burning of Cork: an interactive map

Burning of Cork • 11 Dec 20

Ulster map

Interactive map: how the border could have been

History • 18 Dec 20

A burned out Balbriggan street

War of Independence in colour: the sack of Balbriggan

History • 18 Dec 20

An old customs building at a border crossing in Co Donegal

Road to Partition: how the border was drawn up

History • 21 Dec 20

A cartoon shows Lloyd George tangled up by the Irish Question

Road to partition: the plan to divide Ireland

History • 22 Dec 20

Famine memorial

The Hunger: watch the documentary here

History • 01 Dec 20

The Hunger documentary

The Hunger: the making of the new documentary

History • 27 Nov 20

A detail of the map showing population density in the south west of Ireland 1851

Before and after the Famine: an interactive map

History • 26 Nov 20

The Great Irish Famine project

About the Great Irish Famine Project

History • 29 Nov 20

Detail of a depiction of crowds gathered to buy Indian corn in Cork, from the Illustrated London News, 4th April 1846. (Source: Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A policy disaster: British famine relief measures

Famine Ireland • 02 Dec 20

Michael Collins shakes hands with

War of Independence in colour: Michael Collins

History • 27 Nov 20

Michael Collins, whose actions changed the course of the War

The Squad: Michael Collins and Bloody Sunday

bloody sunday • 21 Nov 20

Bloody Sunday: from Michael Collins to Croke Park

bloody sunday • 20 Nov 20

Tom Hogan's coat and other exhibits from the GAA Museum

The GAA Museum: Remembering Bloody Sunday 1920

bloody sunday • 19 Nov 20

Robert Peel, who was Prime Minister at the start of the Famine

Peel's brimstone: the Temporary Relief Commission

History • 25 Nov 20

A pamphlet advertising a workshop organised by Mr Chard.

'A Labour of Love': the Contributions of the Society of Friends

Famine Ireland • 26 Nov 20

A ticket for the game at which 14 people were killed

Death in Croke Park: an interactive map tells the story

bloody sunday • 20 Nov 20

A detail from Daniel Macdonald's The Discovery of the Potato Blight

How Victorian artists depicted the Famine

Famine Ireland • 29 Nov 20

Doc on One: listen to a 1960 documentary on the Burning of Cork

Burning of Cork • 10 Dec 20

Dick McKee, Peadar Clancy and Conor Clune

Shot in Dublin Castle: McKee, Clancy and Clune

bloody sunday • 20 Nov 20

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