At the height of An Gorta Mór (the Great Hunger) of 1845-1852, a scheme was devised by the then British Secretary to the Colonies, Earl Grey, to send Irish orphan girls to Australia. The aims: provide ...

For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. THE IRISH… AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY is an irreverent history of the Irish ...

FIRST ON FOX: The Guinness Storehouse at St. James’s Gate in Dublin, Ireland houses more than just the secrets of Ireland’s famous pillow-soft, ruby-black stout. It also houses one of the world’s ...

From royal dynasty to modern legacy: tracing the history of the MacCarthy clan. We take a look at the origins and history of ...

What's a portrait of Frederick Douglass doing hanging in an Irish-themed pub in Washington, D.C.? To get to the answer, Parker and Gene dive deep... The long, storied history of solidarity between ...

I’m a bit of a trivia nerd and history dork. I also happen to love Guinness beer. It’s been my go-to beer going all the way ...