The indefatigable Grizelda Steevens managed to get Ireland’s first public hospital up and running in 1733

If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape, Mary Jane Irwin, as she was when she lived in Clonakilty, certainly deserves ones too

Now’s your chance to speak up for the culture-makers before a September 5 deadline

Agnes Hurley also reportedly was in possession of Michael Collins's blood-stained shirt collar from the ambush

Tralee native Clodagh Finn reflects on the contradictions, criticisms and quiet joys of Ireland’s most divisive cultural celebration

Maeve Kyle broke rules, records, and expectations — blazing a trail from Kilkenny to Tokyo across five decades of Irish sport

One straight-talking woman has given a voice to many who have felt silenced in a world that minimised the impact of menopause

As one of the world’s most famous tournaments draws to a close today, meet this one-time finalist and greatly overlooked tennis great

Her vision was an immediate success. She took over Harper’s Bazaar in 1935, quickly tripling the magzine's circulation

A book of essays on what happened after the famous contraceptive train from Dublin to Belfast in 1971 shows the need to keep an eye on the history books to see the progress that has been made