The Fir Bolg & The Third Invasion of Ireland
In the Mythological Cycle of Irish Mythology, the Fir Bolg (men of bags) arrived in Ireland after suffering 200 years of slavery in Greece. The…
In the Mythological Cycle of Irish Mythology, the Fir Bolg (men of bags) arrived in Ireland after suffering 200 years of slavery in Greece. The…
After the destruction of Ireland’s first settlers by plague, Ireland was empty of people, and it remained so for thirty years according to Irish Mythology….
The story of Ireland’s first settlers is part of Irish mythology taken from a manuscript, Foras Feasa ar Éireann, written by an Irish priest in…
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 came about because of the resentment felt by the Catholic Irish, both Gael and Old English, in regards to the…
Derry is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the whole of Ireland and dates back to sometime in the 6th Century A.D. With an…
The Plantation of Ulster was part of the English conquest of Ireland, a method used to pacify and civilise the province. Although plantations in Ireland…
The 16th century was a time of significant change and upheaval in Ireland. During this period, the island was ruled by a series of English…
he Vikings first invaded Ireland in 795 AD. A small group of Norse warriors attacked a monastery on the east coast. They plundered the monastery…
The Neolithic or new stone age period in Ireland dates from 4000BC-2000BC and was when many new developments had been brought to Ireland.
We begin our story of Irish history with Ancient Ireland which dates back to approximately 10,500 BC, the Palaeolithic period. We’ll take a look at who…