History exaggerated the Battle of Clontarf – one of many misconceptions about Vikings

Carrolls Irish Gifts shops are as apt a symbol for contemporary Ireland as anything else

It’s easier than ever to trace your ancestry, using online church records to DNA kits

Centuries-old debate continues as social media analysis used to explore Viking-Irish strife

New self-guided tours take in lives of our chieftains, kings and pirate queens

Malachy Clerkin, Amy Huberman, Una Mullally and more on their fathers as young men

Visit Druid sites, kayak past Viking settlements or see a lamb being born

A cure for leprosy? The Connemarathon? The home of Botox, or Viagra? Birthplace of the MGM lion? Whatever its claim to fame, know your county’s bragging rights

From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'

If you like to commune with the ghosts of the famous in haunting surroundings, Ireland has enough burial places to last you a lifetime

Misfortune for Angie in tennis final sees her devoted husband lose the plot

The landscape may be barren but you’ll never visit a place where Earth feels so alive

Stint promoting famous Clontarf landmark finishes on a real high note for burly busman

Temples of Angkor named world’s top must-see destination in guidebook list of 500

‘In the hotel bar, late in the evening, four middle-aged men cautiously crossed the floor’

Chamber of commerce aims to capitalise on town’s many spiritual associations

Cova Baily in Howth is a dormer bungalow with sweeping views across Dublin Bay