ireland history

- While many folks may find this old news (it was old news last year too) and/or a puff piece, I found it interesting... - -

Was that based on racism ? Sectarianism ? Or just the desire to be more democratic and self govern? After 100 years has it been a success ? I say it has, mostly. Empires don't work. Good luck to Ireland for another 100 years.

Experts from Trinity College Dublin have been studying the tomb contents of various Neolithic sites around Ireland. At Newgrange in County Meath, possibly the most famous of the Neolithic mounds in the country because of its alignment with the Winter Solstice sun which bathes the most ornate...

Was a Sunday. A Bloody Sunday. Fourteen people watching a football match in Croke Park were murdered by "police" officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary who fired indiscriminately into the crowd. The youngest person to die was ten years old. More than sixty others were injured. The murderous...