Vamos, Rafa Nadal!   As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.   Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I

21st November 1920. In 90 seconds, 14 people lay dead and mortally wounded on the field and banks of Croke Park and on the streets outside. Today, 104 years on, we pause to remember them all: the 14 who went to a match, and never came home. #GAABelong

What was Election Day like in medieval and early modern Ireland? via @RTENews rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Experience the #WinterSolstice magic at #Newgrange from home! Watch live as the mid-winter sun (hopefully!) lights the 5,000-year-old passage tomb on 21 Dec at 8:40 UTC. Tune in: 👉 gov.ie/opw 👉 heritageireland.ie 👉 YouTube - OpwIe 👉 RTÉ News & Player

Vótáil, a four-part series takes a look back at some of Ireland’s most iconic and contentious election campaigns in Irish history. Tonight’s episode focuses on the 70’s, an important time in Irish politics 🇮🇪☘️ #Vótáil | Tonight at 8pm

A public consultation on the Leaving Certificate History Background Paper and Brief is taking place from 6 January to 28 February 2025. The NCCA is inviting you to get involved and have your say on the Background Paper and Brief through the link below forms.office.com/pages/response…

Archaeological fieldwork near the Galway and Mayo border has uncovered a rare burial mound dating back 3,000 years. The discovery was made on a site overlooking Killary Fjord near Leenane rte.ie/news/regional/…

Anocht! #HistEdChatie

Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments theguardian.com/environment/20…

"Eavan Boland’s poetry helped write women back into history", says Mary Robinson in this wide-ranging and comprehensive CNN article by Kathy Rose O'Brien about the renaming of Trinity's main Library after the poet Eavan Boland edition.cnn.com/2025/03/06/sty…

The March 2025 Issue of the Biskinik is here! 🗞️ This month, the Choctaw Nation is highlighting the bond between the Choctaw and Irish people, and how that bond remains strong 178 years later. ☘️ Check out this feature and more in our latest issue, now available to read and view

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are calling on the public to help them track down the capital's old street signs to document them before they disappear rte.ie/news/dublin/20…

RTÉ has launched a new strand of coverage called Clarity to counter false and fake news rte.ie/news/clarity/2…

Opinion: To learn the lessons of Ireland's institutional past, we must teach it in schools #HistEdChatie jrnl.ie/6706084

Thousands of people lined the streets of the Spanish city of Valladolid to pay tribute to Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell. The Gaelic chieftain died in Spain in 1602 and last night Valladolid came to a standstill as Red Hugh's funeral was re-enacted rte.ie/news/world/202…

Kfm has learned that up to 100 skeletal remains have been unearthed at a site off the Dublin Road in Naas - one of the most significant historical discoveries in recent memory. Some remains have been sent to Cork, where the archeological company is based.

Got a loved one born before April 18, 1926? We’re looking for people who were born before April 18, 1926, to be part of our celebration of the 1926 Census! Their voices will help us bring Irish history to life. Find out more: nationalarchives.ie/news-and-event… #TheStoryofUs

The 1926 Census is coming! The National Archives is launching a huge public programme for the April 18, 2026, release: exhibitions (Dublin, London, Boston), RTÉ documentary, book, theatre, and workshops. Explore the roots of modern Ireland. Info: ⬇️ nationalarchives.ie/engage-and-lea…

Oldest prehistoric settlement in Ireland and Britain discovered in Co Wicklow irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4177…

The former International Rugby Experience in Limerick, which closed in 2024, is set to become a “women’s museum”. The building will become a new branch of the National Museum of Ireland and “host an exhibition telling the stories of women in Ireland”. jrnl.ie/6966146