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When The Beatles played support to Brendan Bowyer!

Date: Apr 5, 22
Sixty years ago, in April 1962, The Royal Showband performed in Liverpool with The Beatles as the...

The Zeebrugge Disaster of 1987

Date: Apr 5, 22
Wexford lorry driver saved up to 50 lives as tragedy unfolded, writes Billy O’Riordan   On...

The Chessmen of Lewis

Date: Apr 5, 22
Discovered in 1831, these chess pieces are more than artefacts, they hold an important bond with ...

How Handel’s Messiah Came to Dublin

Date: Apr 5, 22
By Margaret Kelly In 1738, a major volcanic eruption in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia caused...

WWII plane crash lands in Irish countryside

Date: Apr 5, 22
Tom Moloney recalls how his grandfather saw a runaway WWII plane crash into the fields nearby... ...

Following Ireland’s Pilgrim Paths

Date: Mar 29, 22
The Pilgrim Paths of Ireland are a collection of ancient religious routes with well-documented cl...

Origins of an Irish Coffee

Date: Mar 29, 22
The ‘take off’ of this refreshing beverage happened by chance, writes Liam Power   On a re...

Martin Cash – The Bushranger of Van Diemen’s Land

Date: Mar 29, 22
The Wexford native shot a man out of jealousy and was sentenced to seven years penal transportati...

Sheila the Elephant – Belfast Blitz Survivor

Date: Mar 29, 22
From the Role of the Irish in WWII Series by Con McGrath   In 1941, as the Belfast Blitz u...

The Many Wonders of County Clare

Date: Mar 22, 22
From the Cliffs of Moher to The Burren, from castles to monasteries, the ‘Banner County’ is a tre...