These women did incredible things. They worked, they raised families, they challenged the status quo or, better still, they showed us how to make the most of living within it

When Irish missionary Olive Archer finally arrived at her destination after a four-week canoe journey down the River Luapula in central Africa, her fiancé jumped from his bed and ran to meet her in his pyjamas.

In 1926, Irish missionary Olive Archer, age 28, boarded a canoe and set off on the crocodile-infested waters of the Luapula river in central Africa to join her husband-to-be Patrick Kerr Dixon, an Irish doctor and missionary in what is now the ...

There are reasons to be optimistic that the remains of Irish war hero Patrick Sarsfield will be identified, writes Clodagh Finn

The 10-page account of her travels in May 1908 is the work of a sensitive, eloquent observer, wise beyond her years

A Potter centenary might prompt some general discussion on the lack of visibility of Irish women in the streets of our cities, towns, and villages

The next time you are in Rome, recall Rosemary Barrett-Murphy who led  a rich and varied life

ROLL up! Roll up! Meet Pablo Paddington, the 19th-century circus acrobat whose many monikers reveal the most intriguing tale.

While waiving her anonymity, Gisèle did much more than expose the pervasiveness of rape culture: She gave us a rousing catchphrase and sharpened our collective determination to use it

Trailblazing presenter carved out a path where there was none before