A group of documentary makers say that they can reveal what Irish rebel leader Robert Emmet really looked like. Emmet led a disastrous rebellion against British rule in Ireland in 1803 which lasted ...

The first in a series from the Irish history podcast - this episode examines the roots of the Irish Famine from the rebellions of 1798 and 1803 The Great Famine is the most important event in modern ...

Irish from around the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising. Archives from Ireland's revolutionary period offer a window into the past. It was just before dawn on the morning ...

Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who led his underground paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain, died Tuesday, his Sinn Fein party announced. He was 66.Turning ...

This Spanish excavation has some grave consequences. Archaeologists believe they might have stumbled upon the final resting place of 16th-century rebel rouser Red Hugh O’Donnell, who nearly succeeded ...