Surgeons vs barbers: how Irish surgeons declared independence In these two short extracts from Every Branch of the Healing Art: A History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dr Ronan Kelly … History • 15 Nov
What grave goods tell us about Pagan Ireland's female ritualists In ancient Ireland women were buried with objects suggesting the dead women had been held in high regard by their communities as ritualists or shamans. … History • 09 Nov
Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung: the story behind the show On Monday October 30th, RTÉ and South Wind Blows concert commemorates 100 years of the Irish State with performances from Dermot Kennedy, Damien Dempsey, Tolü … History • 02 Nov
When the women of Ireland demanded de Valera's attention In 1936 a group of women's organisations wrote to Éamon de Valera to voice their concerns about women's role in the new constitution. Bláithin Ni … History • 23 Oct
Family Histories: the postmistress and the revolutionary When a Cork village postmistress retired in 1919, her daughter Lizzie was the obvious choice of successor. But the authorities were dubious - because of … History • 02 Nov
Family histories: the extraordinary lives of the Gleeson siblings When James Gleeson died, his neighbours had no idea this quiet man had been a soldier and a POW in a German camp visited by … History • 28 Sep
Family histories: the last days of Edward Greer In the third part of our Family Histories series, Stephen Mooney recreates the final days of his great-uncle Edward Greer in the Battle of the … History • 27 Aug
What did we learn from the Decade of Centenaries? We have come to the end of a serious interrogation of the years of our so-called revolutionary period. How did we do? In Conversation • 19 Oct
Family histories: war comes to Miltown Malbay In the latest in our series Family Histories, Vincent Quealy tells the story of how the War of Independence arrived in Miltown Malbay - and … History • 08 Sep
Family histories: the fate of two brothers in World War I As a child Michael Riordan wondered about the portrait of a young soldier in British uniform displayed in his family home. In the second part … History • 08 Aug
Family histories: Mary Coyle comes out of the shadows In the first in a new series, Family Histories, Sinéad Andrews tells the story of her extraordinary grandmother Mary Coyle, whose adventures and achievements have … 1916 Rising • 31 Jul
A Hidden History: Tony Connelly on his RIC constable grandfather Tony Connelly's grandfather was an RIC constable who went north and joined the RUC after the War of Independence. In a new documentary, Connelly traces … History • 15 Jun
Mai O'Mahony tells the story of why her mother was stood up Mai O'Mahony tells the story of how her mother was stood up in 1923 because her date was shooting someone down the road. History • 11 May
