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The Lebor Gabála Érenn or The Book of the Taking of Ireland, is a pseudo-historical collection of poetry and prose narrative which was first compiled in the 11th Century CE. The Lebor Gabála centers around an origin myth...

Flann Sinna (r. 879-916 CE) was a High King of Ireland from the Kingdom of Mide (Meath) and a member of the Clann Cholmain, a branch of the Southern Ui Neill dynasty. His name is pronounced “Flahn Shinna” and means “Flann...

The RMS Empress of Ireland was a transatlantic passenger ship that sank early in the morning of 29 May 1914 on the St. Lawrence River killing 1,012 of the 1,477 people on board. It is considered Canada’s worst maritime disaster and one of...

The Kindred Spirits sculpture in the town of Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. The sculpture was unveiled in June 2017 and celebrates the "kindred spirits" of the people of Ireland and the North American Native Choctaw Nation, who, in 1847...

The Fusiliers' Arch, built in 1907, is dedicated to the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who served and died in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). It is the Grafton Street entrance...

The village of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland. Seen from the graveyard surrounding the ruins of the 1470 CE Killilagh Church. The graveyard is still in use and is tended by the people of the village who also maintain the church ruins.

Poulnabrone is a dolmen in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland dating to 4200 BCE.

The Neolithic dolmen of Poulnabrone amidst the karst landscape of the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

In primitive Irish, this reads " of Tob of the Sogain", a people known from later record. Ogam script was invented in the south of Ireland in the 4th century CE and used by Irish settlers in Britain. The notched letters on the edge of the...

The surfaces of the coffin of Diefiawet were covered with painted scenes and hieroglyphic texts to assist and protect her passage into the afterlife. Isis and Nephthys, the sisters of Osiris, protect the head and the foot of the mummy, and...