Daniel O’Connell used contradictions in his own life to achieve goals says historian
Public perception of O’Connell influenced as much by folklore, mythology as by history
Michael Collins’s importance in the War of Independence has been exaggerated
How did the untrained, poorly armed IRA succeed against the superior British forces?
€120,000 ring and a cut-price Dior mink – Maureen O’Hara items sold at auction
Hollywood star’s jewels flew, but furs went for less
Mary Robinson’s Zimbabwean art and Maureen O’Hara’s religious medals: lots of surprises go under hammer
Sheppard’s auction reveals very different tastes of two of Ireland’s best-known 20th-century women
Wellington won Battle of Waterloo 200 years ago – but Irish rejected his legacy
Ronan McGreevy: ‘Wellington won the Battle of Waterloo, but, in the long term, the Irish came to reject the world that he represented’
Casement's attitude to England and the English revealed in letter
Letter sent by Irish rebel to policeman 'deeply revealing' of his complex and chivalrous character
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