The Central Bank of Ireland recently honoured an Irish born Inventor – John Philip Holland – with the issue of a €15 silver proof coin. Liscannor, Co. Clare is well…

June saw the opening of a major exhibition to mark 200 years of policing in this country. The exhibition is being held in the National Museum of Ireland – Country…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – “No writer in fiction would dare to fasten such an achievement on any of his characters, but the Irish have always had a reputation of…

A diver has recovered a Bronze Age sword from the River Shannon that remarkably dates back 3, 500 years. Shannonside Sub Aqua diver Michael O’Rourke recovered the priceless sword from…

The Garda Síochána Boat Club celebrates its Diamond Jubilee On 9th June 1954 a meeting was held at Islandbridge with a view to establishing a Boat Club for members of…

The National Library of Ireland has added some significant additions to its impressive online digital collection of artefacts. Portraits, engravings and drawings from some of Ireland’s most famous and revered…

Scientists in France have appeared to have awoken a sleeping giant in the form of a virus that remarkably dates back as far as the Stone Age. The virus was…

Scientists have discovered footprints in Britain that were left by ancient humans over 800,000 years ago. The markings are the earliest such evidence of these types of markings to have…

An extremely rare hand written order that was intended to be used to prevent the 1916 Easter Rising from taking place is to be auctioned in Dublin next month and…

The Minister for Arts is set to launch a new photographic exhibition in Limerick depicting rare photos which give a fascinating insight into life in Kerry, Limerick and Clare in…

The National Monuments Service has stepped up its efforts in order to protect a shipwreck of a 19th century schooner from being dismantled by history enthusiasts and souvenir hunters. The…

A new book is to be released this month that gives an intriguing insight into the ancestral history of County Cork.  The book is to be published by the National…

The duration of the ‘An Island Portrait,’ exhibition of photography from the Blasket Island that recently launched Oireachtas na Samhna 2013 in Killarney has been extended due to significant popular…

A fantastic new website has been launched by the Oireachtas which chronicles governmnet documents for users to browse through dating as far back as the 1600s. The new Library and…

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles concert at the Adelphi cinema on Middle Abbey Street in 1963. When the world’s most famous band landed on these shores Ireland…