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Why do some people call the Irish famine ‘the Great Hunger’?
20th Century
Resolving the ‘Irish Question’: 5 key moments on the path to partition
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Henry VII: the greatest pretender
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Why was Lord Mountbatten, Prince Charles’s great-uncle, assassinated?
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George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch
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What is the Blarney Stone, where did it come from and why do people kiss it?
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The battle of the Boyne: what happened at the July 1690 clash and why is it commemorated on ‘the Twelfth’?
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The Irish Republican Army: a brief guide
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“The power of the Irish over the Britons is great”: Fergal Keane on Britain’s Irish roots
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Women prisoners in 19th-century Ireland
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Grace O’Malley: the fearless pirate queen of Ireland
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