In 1882 the Ma’amtrasna murders, the brutal killing of several members of the Joyce family in rural Galway, caused outrage in Irish society. It has since become one of the most notorious homicides in Irish history. However a few years later Cork was rocked by an equally heinous case that has been totally forgotten, writes Fin Dwyer.

Two hundred years ago, a Cork City sugar merchant attempted to take hordes of poor Irish families to a fresh life in a land of plenty, in South Africa. But things didn’t quite work out as planned, explains Robert Hume

What do an award-winning street in Cork, an oak tree in Ardpatrick, and a church in Blackrock have in common?

Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc unearths the details surrounding the death of a patriot which have been kept secret for a century.

When politician John Profumo had an affair with showgirl Christine Keeler in 1963, it brought down the Conservative government and gave rise to the tabloid press, writes TP O’Mahony

Just four of the 61 State departments and agencies are up to date with their legal obligation to transfer their records to the National Archives (NAI) under the '30-year-rule'.

Lorna Siggins French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was known as ‘the eye of the century’ and captured the last images of Gandhi before his death.

One of the tragic consequences of Brexit is that a once-stable and more or less united country has been bitterly divided.

Leading Irish labour historian Emmet O’Connor will deliver a keynote address on the labour movement in Munster during the war of independence at a major conference in UCC tomorrow. O’Connor asks why industrial unrest in Munster in this period was so militant, and how was it connected to the independence struggle.

Robert Hume tells of the eccentric MP for Athboy, Co. Meath – born 300 years ago this month – who thought he was a teapot, and was afraid his spout might break off.

Archaeologists and historians from across the world have gathered in Dublin today for a conference which explores Irish monuments and how they came to be.

There has hardly been a moment when the need for an informed understanding of history, of how countries work together or fail together, was as important.

The Education Minister Joe McHugh is pushing ahead with plans to give History special status in the new Junior Cycle.

In August 1969, headlines were dominated by Northern Ireland and the beginnings of what was to become known as “the Troubles”.

RTÉ last night broadcast the first of Olivia O’Leary’s two documentaries on Daniel O’Connell. When the programme-makers first considered the project, they could not have

A new national touring exhibition called The Trial which examines health care and human rights with the Irish prison system is launching at Spike Island in Cork this Friday.

University College Cork researchers have unearthed some 200 volumes of centuries-old newsletters that shine a light on 16th and 17th-century life in Europe.

The 2,300 men and women taking part in Ireland’s first ever Ironman think they are built for the long haul — but the event’s host town of Youghal is well ahead of them in the staying power stakes.