This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march—one of the most defining moments in the U.S. civil ...

Tweed, during an armed conflict between Scotland and England. 1533: Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.

The sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 'Bloody Sunday' killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights ...

Kerryman Michael ‘Butty’ Sugrue was known as ‘the splendid spoofer’, so few believed he’d convince the most famous athlete in ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

One of the most controversial moments in football history took place during the 1986 FIFA World Cup when Diego Maradona ...

The next great Irish hero would go down in Palace folklore, as Paddy Mulligan signed from Chelsea in 1972. He wrote his name in the record books by scoring twice in the famous 5-0 victory over ...

My grandparents emigrated from Counties Sligo, Limerick, and Cork. Fittingly, the first book I took out of the children’s ...

List of Six Nations Championship winners after France claimed their seventh Six Nations title in a 35-16 victory over Scotland on Saturday at the Stade de France. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Irish eyes shouldn’t be smiling over Ireland’s newest celebrity resident, Rosie O’Donnell. “Good luck, that’s all I’m going to say. . . . Don’t try to send her back to us ...

According to the Central Statistics Office, Ireland exported €904 million of ... so dragging the drinks industry into the trade war may be counterproductive. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said ...

Ireland will need a big favour later in the day to have any chance of winning their third championship in a row but a resounding win will ask the question of England and France later on today.