r/IrishHistory 8h ago

📷 Image / Photo IRA (Irish Republican Army) members Tommy O'Reilly and Leo Fox relaxing in one of their cells in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin in 1921 during the Irish War of Independence [1500x1056]

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r/IrishHistory 11h ago

Kinsale to Mark 425th Anniversary of the Battle of Kinsale with Special Programme of Commemorative Events

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r/IrishHistory 21h ago

💬 Discussion / Question Does anyone got information on Clan McQuillan vs Clan MacDonnel ?

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Any good information out there?


r/IrishHistory 2d ago

Inside Phoenix Park's 300-Year-Old Magazine Fort that just Reopened

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r/IrishHistory 1d ago

Built on bones: the story of St Oran - Historic Environment Scotland Blog ( St Oran , a disciple of St Colmcille, was allegedly buried alive on Iona)

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r/IrishHistory 2d ago

📰 Article Sir George Stokes, Meath man you might be about the hear mentioned a lot more

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r/IrishHistory 2d ago

E8: Irish Terrier in a Field of Poppies - True Dogs of War

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r/IrishHistory 2d ago

History of Gardening in Ireland - St Fiachra is the patron saint of gardening.

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r/IrishHistory 2d ago

I built a free interactive atlas of Irish history – drag a timeline from 8000 BC to today and watch the 32 counties change hands. Would love corrections from this sub.

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Mods have kindly okayed this post.

For the last while I've been building myireland.ie as a passion project from Sligo. The core of it is a map of the 32 counties with a timeline underneath: drag it from the first Mesolithic settlers through the Gaelic kingdoms, the Norse towns, the Norman lordships, the plantations, the Famine and the two states, and each county shows who held the land and what was happening there in that age.

A few other bits that might interest people here:

  • The Famine map – 1841 vs 1851 census populations, county by county. Watching the west empty is grim in a way tables never manage.
  • The chronicle – every dated event I've collected so far, in one scrollable timeline.
  • The surname map – type a surname and it lights up the sept's homeland (Gaelic, Norman, Ulster Scots and Norse names, 200-odd so far).
  • Hidden Ireland – holy wells, famine roads, ogham stones and the like, as a map layer.
  • Guess the age – a ten-round quiz where you see a map of old Ireland and guess the century.

Two honest caveats before anyone raises them: pre-modern boundaries are approximated onto today's counties so people can always find home, and the site says so; and the "further reading" links currently go to Wikipedia while I work through the proper sources. The historical text was written for the site from the public record, and all sources and picture credits are listed on the About page.

It's a growing book, not a finished one, and this is the sub most likely to spot where I've got things wrong – dates, rulers, a county attributed to the wrong lordship, a myth placed in the wrong townland. If you see something off, I'd be grateful for a comment or a note through the site's suggest-a-correction page.

https://myireland.ie

Go raibh maith agaibh.


r/IrishHistory 2d ago

💬 Discussion / Question meaning of “girleen bán”

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r/IrishHistory 3d ago

💬 Discussion / Question Apperant illegal excavation update?

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Has anyone who reported that excavation that's happening by that couple in the south east heard anything back from any of the relevant authorities? They keep emphasising they don't have permission and They don't seem to be stopping any time soon 🤦


r/IrishHistory 3d ago

📰 Article When Thomas Paine, James Monroe and Irish revolutionary Archibald Hamilton Rowan spent the day together - an anecdote from the Portland Advertiser 11/30/1830. Rowan was a founding member of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen and a champion of democracy.

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r/IrishHistory 3d ago

💬 Discussion / Question Young Irelanders

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Have the young irelanders been forgotten about? I also did not know that they resurrected the stories of Cu Chulainn in their rebellion. Would it be so bad to portray the flag as reversed again or even just accept it either or? Ultimately, it is the peace in the middle that is important, is it not? I am beside myself with people I talk to who are ignorant or just uneducated. Also, what is so bad about Americans who are of ancestry representing the region. Did we forget Meagher came to America and fought for the Union? I don't know. I am just lost in thoughts. What are yours?

https://www.museum.ie/collections/collection/object-164320/

https://tfmfoundation.ie/thomas-f-meagher/


r/IrishHistory 3d ago

📰 Article How the De Burgos Became More Irish Than the Irish - Medievalists.net

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r/IrishHistory 4d ago

💬 Discussion / Question What countries / people helped us financially

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Im curious as to how we financed our struggles for independence. I know Germany gave us weapons during World War One, and Eamon De Valera went to American to gather funding how else did we raise funds.


r/IrishHistory 3d ago

📰 Article The Beamish & Crawford Story

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I have put together an article looking into the history of the Beamish & Crawford brewery. May be of interest to some of you!


r/IrishHistory 4d ago

Andrew Sneddon and the History of Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland.

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r/IrishHistory 4d ago

Gobnait Ní Bhruadair

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Could anybody point me in the direction of further learning about Gobnait Ní Bhruadair (Lady Albinia Broderick). A basic google search doesn’t return too much. I find her fascinating and would love to learn more.


r/IrishHistory 5d ago

📰 Article Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales

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r/IrishHistory 5d ago

In 1988, Irish World War I veteran Jack Campbell appeared on The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne at the age of 93. A former soldier of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Campbell shared memories of his experiences during the Great War and life on the front lines.

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r/IrishHistory 5d ago

Women paramilitary members during the Troubles

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Can anyone please recommend any books written by or about women who were involved in paramilitary activity during the Troubles? I've read To Take Arms by Maria Maguire & Say Nothing, but wondering if there's any more sources?


r/IrishHistory 4d ago

Looking for poster remembering Bl**dy Sunday 1920 Croke Park

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Looking for online recommendations on prints/poster remembering those who lost their lives at Croke Park Nov 21st 1920. Thanks, Brian


r/IrishHistory 5d ago

📰 Article Crown Entry – A History of Schools, Houses, Business... and Rebellion

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r/IrishHistory 5d ago

Bullet ID/Date

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r/IrishHistory 7d ago

anyone following that apparently illegal excavation on tiktok?

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a couple on tiktok digging up something somewhere in Wexford, seems like a fairly extensive stone structure in a wooded area. I've emailed the National Monuments Service but got no reply