Ireland

A British military post in a street in Dublin during the Easter Uprising, 1916. (Photo by ullstein picture via Getty Images)

The history of Ireland: 11 milestone moments

Irish rugby fans in London for the international match between Ireland and England at Twickenham Stadium, 13 February 1937. (Photo by E Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rugby warriors: the rugby-playing heroes of the First and Second World War

A depiction of a witch on a broomstick. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Halloween history quiz: test your knowledge

Left: Historian Lucy Worsley at Kensington Palace, the childhood home of Queen Victoria, ahead of her interview for the History Extra podcast. Right: Queen Victoria sits for a portrait photograph. (Photo by W&D Downey via Getty Images)

Lucy Worsley on Queen Victoria: your questions answered

Ireland podcast

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Ireland’s past and present

Podcast Website large Antonia Fraser

Britain’s Catholic emancipation

Podcast Brian Glanville

The World Cup story

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History quiz – Quakers and Kingmakers

Irish national hero Hugh O'Neill, the 2nd Earl of Tyrone, makes a formal submission to the English following the suppression of his Irish rebellion, 1603. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Library Hugh O’Neill: Elizabeth I’s Irish nemesis

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7 unusual historical sites in Britain and Ireland

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The most popular historical figures you’ve (probably) never heard of

Borris, County Carlow, Ireland. (Photo by Timothy Seren/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The wild man of County Carlow

Inishbofin, Ireland

My favourite place: Inishbofin, Ireland

An illustration of Colonel Blood

The strange escapades of Colonel Thomas Blood

Author Linda Colley.

Acts of union and disunion