Watch Kellie Harrington win her second Olympic boxing gold in Paris, and the story of the Portland Row boxer and hospital cleaner who became the first Irish woman to win gold twice.
Watch The Irish Rover by The Dubliners and The Pogues, the 1987 number one that brought two generations of Irish music together, and find out what the song is really about.
Why does the Ireland rugby team sing two anthems? The story of Ireland’s Call, written by Phil Coulter in 1995 so players from north and south could sing together.
There are two Galway Girl songs: Steve Earle’s, made famous by Mundy and Sharon Shannon, and Ed Sheeran’s with Saoirse Ronan. Watch both and find out which is the real one.
Watch Ireland’s Eurovision winners, from Dana in 1970 to Johnny Logan’s two wins and the unique three in a row in 1992 to 1994, with the stories behind each one.
In 2002 a retired history professor called the ‘No Irish Need Apply’ signs a myth. In 2015 a 14-year-old went through the old newspapers and found dozens of ads, many for men’s jobs. Here’s the whole debate: where the phrase started, who it targeted, the 1860s songs, the Butte protest of 1909, Britain’s ‘No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’ row, and what the evidence really shows.
Under the Penal Laws, a Catholic who taught school in Ireland risked a £20 fine and three months in prison. The hedge schools kept going anyway. Here’s what they really were, where they met (mostly not under hedges), what they taught, how parents paid in turf and butter, the poets who taught in them, and how they faded after 1831.
Before a son or daughter left for America, families in rural Ireland held an American wake: a night of music, dancing and drink that ended in keening before dawn. Here’s what happened on the night, the convoy to the crossroads and the station, the ports, the letters and money that followed, how many ever came home, and how to find your own emigrant ancestor.
Watch the best Derry Girls scenes and find out why Lisa McGee’s sitcom about five teenagers in 1990s Derry became a worldwide hit, from Sister Michael to the finale.
Watch Cillian Murphy win Best Actor for Oppenheimer at the 2024 Oscars, the first Irish-born actor to do it, and the proud Irish line that went around the world.
Watch Shane Lowry win the 2019 Open at Royal Portrush, the first Open in Northern Ireland for 68 years, and the story of the Offaly man’s walk up the 18th.
Watch the highlights of Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano, the first women’s fight to headline Madison Square Garden, and the story of the Bray boxer who made history.
Watch Ireland face the haka in a figure 8 for Anthony Foley, then beat New Zealand 40-29 in Chicago in 2016 for their first ever win over the All Blacks.
How do you pronounce Saoirse? It’s SEER-sha. Watch Saoirse Ronan explain her own name, plus what Saoirse means and how to say other Irish names people get wrong.
Watch Irish fans sing The Fields of Athenry while losing 4-0 to Spain at Euro 2012, and sing a French baby to sleep at Euro 2016. Why Europe fell in love with them.