Ireland

William III of England at the Battle of the Boyne

The battle of the Boyne: what happened at the July 1690 clash and why is it commemorated on ‘the Twelfth’?

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Vod Jane Ohlmeyer WL

Video podcast Ireland’s tangled relationship with empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Tony Blair, US Senator George Mitchell and Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern

A brief history of the Good Friday Agreement

Hitler and Eva Braun pose with their dogs in 1942

Second World War

Fake news and Nazis: Richard J Evans on the spectre of conspiracies

A man goes into a village at night on the eve of Samhain

What is the history behind the Celtic festival of Samhain and what does it have to do with Halloween?

Youths throw stones at the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the Catholic Bogside area

Why we should remember… The battle of the Bogside

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A black-and-white photograph of men walking down a road lined with shops. They are armed with guns

The Irish Civil War: 100 years on . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Irish people demonstrate in Downing Street in London in 1921. The partition of Ireland between the six north-eastern counties and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920

A brief history of the partition of Ireland

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Q&A Who were the Ladies of Llangollen?

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An illustration of Colonel Blood

What happened to Colonel Thomas Blood? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Elizabeth Boyle WL

Medieval emotions: were they like our own? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Terry Dooley WL

Burning down Ireland’s stately homes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Patick depicted in a 13th-century folio

The history of St Patrick’s Day traditions – and the importance of the colour green

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Pod Diarmaid Ferriter WL

Bloody Sunday: 50 years on . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Tom Morris WL

A murder mystery in 19th-century Dublin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.