In 1990, Ireland was broke. Young people were fleeing the country at a rate not seen since the…

If you’re an American visiting Ireland, you’ve probably already heard the stories.

In 1845, the population of Ireland was approximately 8.2 million. By 1900, it had declined to 4.4 million.

On April 10, 1998, after decades of violence, Irish and British negotiators, representatives of both nationalist and unionist…

For nearly 30 years, from 1968 to 1998, Northern Ireland was consumed by a conflict known as “the…

The Easter Rising had transformed Irish politics, but it hadn’t delivered independence.

On the morning of April 24, 1916, rebels occupied the General Post Office building on Dublin’s Sackville Street.

Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland experienced a catastrophe that would reshape the nation and reverberate across the Atlantic…

In 1169, a Norman knight named Richard de Clare—known to history as Strongbow—led a small army across the…

There’s a moment in medieval European history that historians call “the Dark Ages”—a period after Rome’s fall when…

When Irish monks wrote in their manuscript margins that “Norse invasions frightened us,” they were documenting one of…

When you stand in front of Newgrange on a winter morning, waiting for the sunrise to penetrate deep…

Over the past two decades, Ireland has transformed from being primarily a location where international productions filmed scenic…

The History Channel’s Vikings (2013-2020), created by Michael Hirst, became a cultural phenomenon that reintroduced audiences to Viking…

If Hollywood’s romantic dramas tend to present an “Oirish” version of Ireland that bears little resemblance to reality,…

One of the most interesting aspects of exploring Irish cinema and Irish film locations is confronting a persistent…

Jim Sheridan’s 1993 film In the Name of the Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, was a landmark moment in…

Frank McCourt’s memoir Angela’s Ashes became a publishing phenomenon in the 1990s, offering American readers an unflinching, darkly…

In 2009, the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon released The Secret of Kells, a visually stunning film that…

John Carney’s 2016 film Sing Street is a love letter to Dublin, to 1980s music culture, and to…

In 2007, Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler’s P.S.

Ireland has long been a land of mysteries, ancient legends, and haunting landscapes—and its film industry has embraced…

Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, achieving both critical…

Saoirse Ronan’s Brooklyn (2015) tells the story of Eilis, a young Irish woman who emigrates to America in…

John Ford’s The Quiet Man (1952) remains one of cinema’s most beloved films—a romantic comedy about an Irish-American…