Grace O’Malley sailed to London in 1593 and walked away with everything she asked for. The story of the Pirate Queen who outmanoeuvred Elizabeth I — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
ManannĂ¡n mac Lir is the Irish god of the sea, the Otherworld, and magic — a shape-shifting deity who ruled every wave on Ireland’s 2,500-kilometre coastline and guided souls to the paradise beyond the Atlantic horizon. — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
The National Famine Museum at Strokestown Park holds something no other Famine site in Ireland can offer — the actual letters of starving tenants, written to a landlord who would be shot dead within months of receiving them. Major Denis Mahon of Strokestown Park, County Roscommon, was assassinated on November 2nd, 1847.
DĂºn Aonghasa is a 3,000-year-old Iron Age fortress on the edge of a 100-metre cliff on the Aran Islands, Galway. It has no back wall — and archaeologists still disagree about why — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Brehon Law gave poets the right to shame a miser into generosity — and governed Irish life for 1,200 years. Discover its remarkable traditions. — plus get weekly Ireland stories free.
Saint Brendan the Navigator sailed from County Kerry in the 6th century — and may have reached America 900 years before Columbus. Discover the voyage, the manuscript, and where to follow his trail in Ireland. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
In 1593, Grace O’Malley sailed to Greenwich and negotiated with Elizabeth I face to face — and won. The story of Ireland’s most remarkable leader, plus get weekly Ireland stories free.
Brehon Law governed Ireland for over 1,000 years. Discover the honour price system, the poet’s curse, and how ancient Irish law punished greed — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
The cairn on Knocknarea holds 40,000 tonnes of untouched limestone and Ireland’s greatest legend. Discover why archaeologists refuse to open it.
Newgrange was built around 3200 BC — older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza — and once a year, at dawn, it still does exactly what it was built to do. Five thousand years on, we’re still working out how they actually did it.