Big man Tim McGarry and the wee man David Hume go back to the year 1169 and the start of the Norman conquest of Ireland. Did the Normans actually invade or were they invited in? Was the Norman ...

I am highly amused by the outrage I have solicited by merely suggesting a king of England’s birthday should not be the focus of Irish state celebrations. The Irish Times denounced me for espousing ...

Analysis: By the mid-13th century, the "English-Irish" had already begun to be assimilated in the native culture The question of national identity in Ireland is one which has a long and complicated ...

We arrive once again at Wexford’s south coast and the little outpost of Cullenstown, navigating a network of small roads, passing the scattering of small castles and forts that the Normans and their ...

The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a new book shows. Many of those who went to the Middle East were ...