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Stories on Irish and world history, including The @IrishTimes Century Project, Stories from the decade that made Ireland 1912-1922

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Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2025/12/30/irish-language-courts-in-north-could-be-open-to-abuse-psni-feared/
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Tackle sectarianism by making subject sexy, minister told www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2025/12/30/tackle-sectarianism-by-making-subject-sexy-minister-told/
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Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and London www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2025/12/30/unionist-legal-challenge-to-anglo-irish-agreement-sparked-panic-in-dublin-and-london/
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WT Cosgrave wrote of ‘highest esteem’ for Mussolini as he tried to save Franciscan garden www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2025/12/30/wt-cosgrave-wrote-of-highest-esteem-for-mussolini-as-he-tried-to-save-franciscan-garden/
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DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2025/12/30/dup-sent-particularly-narrow-minded-bunch-to-cross-border-young-politicians-gathering/
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John Major’s ‘politically inept’ block of Gerry Adams trip to London handed SF ‘propaganda coup’ www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2025/12/30/majors-politically-inept-block-of-gerry-adams-trip-to-london-handed-sf-propaganda-coup/
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Three firefighters killed in 1936 Pearse Street tragedy to be honoured www.​irishtimes.​com/history/2026/10/05/three-firefighters-killed-in-1936-pearse-street-tragedy-to-be-honoured/
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Catalpa Six get memorial in Ireland 150 years after escape from Western Australian prison irishtimes.com/history/2026/…
Catalpa Six get memorial in Ireland 150 years after escape from Western Australian prison

Catalpa Six get memorial in Ireland 150 years after escape from Western Australian prison

Memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery is the first in Ireland commemorating the Fenian prisoners who staged a prison break in 1876

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Venal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston Churchill irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
Venal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston Churchill

Venal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston Churchill

Rising star of British politics tried to use abdication of Edward VIII to his advantage, official note said

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Freedom of Information law would cause European sources to dry up, officials feared irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
Freedom of Information law would cause European sources to dry up, officials feared

Freedom of Information law would cause European sources to dry up, officials feared

Access to internal European Commission documents helped State shape its position

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Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and London irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and London

Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and London

McGimpsey brothers claimed treaty was unconstitutional under Articles 2 and 3 of Irish constitution

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WT Cosgrave wrote of ‘highest esteem’ for Mussolini as he tried to save Franciscan garden irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
WT Cosgrave wrote of ‘highest esteem’ for Mussolini as he tried to save Franciscan garden

WT Cosgrave wrote of ‘highest esteem’ for Mussolini as he tried to save Franciscan garden

Fascist dictator’s Roman revival plans involved a new road through St Isidore’s

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DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering

DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering

Hardliners placed political pamphlets on chairs and walked out of Dick Spring speech

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Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared

Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared

Giving ‘preferred language’ option would slow down proceedings and potentially lead to challenges, senior officer said

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John Major’s ‘politically inept’ block of Gerry Adams trip to London handed SF ‘propaganda coup’ irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
John Major’s ‘politically inept’ block of Gerry Adams trip to London handed SF ‘propaganda coup’

John Major’s ‘politically inept’ block of Gerry Adams trip to London handed SF ‘propaganda coup’

DFA official said move would ‘confirm Irish prejudices’ about British legal approach

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Tackle sectarianism by making subject sexy, minister told irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
Tackle sectarianism by making subject sexy, minister told

Tackle sectarianism by making subject sexy, minister told

‘Wide and complex’ problem could be approached by tying in sports and entertainment, groups suggested

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Three Irish observatories draw on combined history in push for Unesco recognition irishtimes.com/history/2026/…
Three Irish observatories draw on combined history in push for Unesco recognition

Three Irish observatories draw on combined history in push for Unesco recognition

Dunsink, Birr and Armagh join forces to seek World Heritage status

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DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering irishtimes.com/history/2025/…
DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering

DUP sent ‘particularly narrow-minded bunch’ to cross-border young politicians’ gathering

Hardliners placed political pamphlets on chairs and walked out of Dick Spring speech

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Ceremony to remember Irish war dead reflects on shared suffering of Battle of the Somme irishtimes.com/history/2026/…
Ceremony to remember Irish war dead reflects on shared suffering of Battle of the Somme

Ceremony to remember Irish war dead reflects on shared suffering of Battle of the Somme

Hundreds attend annual Islandbridge commemoration in Dublin

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‘The United States is still an experiment,’ says descendant of signatory of Declaration of Independence irishtimes.com/history/2026/…
‘The United States is still an experiment,’ says descendant of signatory of Declaration of Indepe...

‘The United States is still an experiment,’ says descendant of signatory of Declaration of Indepe...

David McKean’s ancestor Thomas McKean was one of eight signatories of Irish descent to sign the document

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