Ross Castle in Killarney held out through every siege for 200 years, protected by an ancient prophecy. In 1652, Cromwell’s general decided to fulfil the prophecy himself — and sailed a warship onto an inland lake to break it. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the Irish language words that English simply cannot translate, and what they reveal about Ireland’s unique way of seeing the world.
The Broighter Gold hoard includes a tiny Iron Age golden boat made as an offering to Ireland’s sea god. Here is the story behind one of Ireland’s most extraordinary ancient treasures.
Discover why the Aran Islands are covered in over a thousand kilometres of drystone walls, who built every one by hand, and what they reveal about centuries of island life.
On a remote rock off Kerry’s coast, Irish monks built stone beehive huts 600 feet above the Atlantic and lived there for six centuries. Here is their extraordinary story.
Newgrange passage tomb in County Meath is 5,000 years old — and for just 17 minutes each December, it does something that still stops people cold.
Dún Aonghasa is a 3,000-year-old Irish fort on a 100m cliff — with no sea wall. Discover the mystery that has baffled archaeologists for centuries.
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