Centenary of British handover of Cork’s Collins Barracks marked
Minister says troops of 1922 would be proud of role Defence Forces play in peacekeeping
La Vie en Rosa - the convention-defying artist Rosa Bonheur, born 200 years ago
She wore men’s clothes at a time when French women needed a licence to wear trousers
‘The Queen is slowly sinking’: How The Irish Times covered Victoria’s final hours
‘Men have been born, have had children born to them, and seen their children’s children, without ever knowing another Monarch’
Prince Andrew’s fall from grace: A timeline
Loss of military roles and royal patronages marks a low point for Duke of York
‘If you have to hide a cash incentive inside a food, it’s almost certainly not worth eating’
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha wants her mother’s highly guarded ‘family recipe’ for Christmas pudding
Bill Cullen and Jackie Lavin’s former holiday home in Killarney for €950k
Built in 1995 and empty for some years, the house and guest lodge are on 34 acres
Glanleam House: A sub-tropical paradise retreat on Valentia Island
House and gardens run as B&B with three self-catering houses to rent on the estate
Jonathan Swift portrait sells for €234,000 at Howth Castle Auction
First day of auction exceeds expectations with large international interest
Scottish island castle seeks caring new owner. Comes with all the Rum you can handle
Nature agency needs community-minded buyer to save Kinloch Castle, in the Hebrides
Roaring Trade: On the highs and (occasionally fatal) lows of Dublin’s lion business
An Irishman’s Diary
Queen Victoria statue toppled by protesters in Canada
Structure torn down amid growing outrage over deaths of Indigenous children
No peace ‘overtures’ in original King George V speech that led to end War of Independence
Documents from Public Records Office show how 1921 speech to NI parliament changed
‘Belfast let itself go with a vengeance’: Reporting the king’s speech, 1921
King George V opened the Northern Parliament on this day 100 years ago, drawing huge crowds onto the streets
TV View: Slumbering start to Day Eight ends in a full-on Braveheart at Wembley
Roy Keane struggles to calm down Graeme Souness ahead of the big game
Yeats, Freud and Lavery among heavyweights in Christie’s sale
Barney Eastwood collection includes important Irish and sporting pictures
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?
When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming
Lockdown auction market thrives as buyers browse from home
Sale prices for Julian Friers and Patrick Pye works far exceed auctioneer’s estimations
The extraordinary and turbulent early life of Prince Philip
The Duke of Edinburgh was forced to flee his birthplace in Greece with his family as a baby
Gun salutes marking the death of Prince Philip planned across the UK
The Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth, died aged 99 on Friday
Mountbatten heirlooms offer insight into glamour of a dazzling dynasty
Family collection of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, go under hammer in March
Why we celebrate Christmas on the 25th, eat mince pies and put up trees
Pricewatch’s 12 fun facts of Christmas explores the origins of our modern traditions
Three given chance to donate to charity in case where Cork street signs were defaced
Accused said they were protesting over city honouring Queen Victoria in street names
‘Short skirts and strong boots’: The pioneering feminism of Anna Parnell
Anna Parnell led a generation of women in the 19th century and inspired another in the 20th
I have log cabin fever – the idea just won’t let go
An old dumping ground will sport a cabin distantly related to one owned by a queen
Why oh why are the snowflake Irish always so upset by the British claiming their stuff?
Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott are no longer Irish, apparently. We get Prince Andrew in return
West Cork resort owner says it is already 45% full for July
Eccles Hotel and Spa occupancy at 40% for August, with hope of getting ‘close to 70%’
Thousands seek to remove colonialists’ names from Uganda’s streets
Petition calls for use of domestic heroes in nomenclature rather than British overlords
Newton Emerson: The North’s approach to difficult statues is adding rather than removing
None of the city’s handful of landmark statues is now thought worth fighting over
Britain prancing on the world stage? You don’t need to tell us. We were pranced upon
TV review: Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album looked beneath the images’ glossy surfaces
Elephants to beetles: zoo collections matter for conservation
Engagement with animals can have positive effects for survival and recovery of species
The Waterford man who married Napoleon Bonaparte’s niece
Politician Thomas Wyse was one of only five Catholics to win a seat in the House of Commons in 1829
Dolittle review: Worse than a bad movie, this is the low-point of every career involved
This ‘film’ doesn’t even have the good grace to be a bad movie. It’s far worse than that
The Irish Times view on Christmas: light in the winter darkness
Victorian fashions have shaped our expectations of Christmas to a degree that we forget how many of our Christmas traditions are recent innovations
Celebrating that special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren
Festive season presents opportunities to enhance a special relationship
Ashford Castle: Eighty years old and more gorgeous than ever
Tollman family have spent €68m since 2015 restoring historic castle to its former glory
Eat better fruit without it costing the earth
Supermarkets are piled high with fruit imports but it’s not hard to grow your own
Opium armchair, porcelain pipe: bygone-era drug paraphernalia at Adam’s
Ritual objects of tea taking and opium smoking on show in Asian Art sale
To the manor born? Nine country estates to buy now
Live like a lord or lady on estates from Abbey Leix to Seafield House
Higgins says rich countries must rebalance the world
‘You go to the UN to offer some very much necessary but perhaps for many unpalatable truths ’
How an Offaly man revolutionised naval warfare and marine transport
Charles Parsons interest in steam and engineering began at his home in Birr Castle
How Killarney carved out a niche business in furniture fit for a queen
Elaborate marquetry made from strawberry trees was a hit with wealthy tourists as well as Queen Victoria
‘Astonishing’ video footage of smiling ‘famine queen’ Victoria’s Dublin visit found
Film archivists are amazed at the quality of film showing Victoria’s 1900 visit
Church of Ireland has put its survival over public engagement
Since disestablishment 150 years ago, the organisation has been both insular and innovative
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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