Irish history

In 1992 a student found a set of fossilised footprints from the earliest vertebrate

How Gort in the west of Ireland became home to so many Brazilians

In 1974, women campaigned to swim at the Forty Foot in Dublin, Ireland

How the collapse of Ireland's Celtic Tiger led to thousands of abandoned housing estates

In 1959, the first Rose of Tralee festival was held in Ireland

The Rural Electrification Scheme brought power to 300,000 homes in the Irish countryside

In 1916, a group of Irish rebels launched an armed revolt against British rule

In 1998, a referendum was held in Northern Ireland and Ireland on the Belfast Agreement

Irish dance sensation Riverdance debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin

A group of women challenged a ban on contraception and took a train to get them

When Ireland's banks went on strike in 1970, people cashed their cheques in pubs.

The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died on 22nd December 1989

The frantic last-minute negotiations that led to a peace deal for Northern Ireland.

In March 2004 Ireland banned smoking in the workplace

The island of Skellig Michael has lighthouses, and a striking role in Star Wars films.

It is 90 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published.

President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis Ireland had to borrow billions

The story of a young girl who survived Ireland's notorious Catholic workhouses for women.

Memories of the Irish war of independence which began over 90 years ago this month.