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History and Culture Guides
85 guides
Read about Ireland’s history and cultural traditions, from historic streets and architecture to crafts, music and folklore.
Each guide provides context for exploring the country and separates sourced history from legends and interpretation.
Ireland
- Dublin History: A Chronological Guide to the City's Key Sites
- Irish Architecture: Monuments That Explain Ireland
- Irish Culture Through Its Archives, Museums and Crafts
- Irish Folklore: Inside the Archives and Collections
- Irish Georgian Architecture: How to Read Ireland's Georgian Houses
- Irish History: Seven Places That Explain the Past
- Irish Lace: Regional Traditions and Where to See Them
- Irish Musical Instruments: How the Tradition Sounds
- Irish Traditional Crafts: Where Weaving, Pottery and Silver Are Still Made
- Irish War of Independence: Where to See the Evidence in Dublin
- Medieval Ireland: How to Read Its Kings, Towns and Castles
- The Great Irish Famine: Where to Study and Visit Its Record
- Cork Architecture: A Walking Guide to the City's Built Heritage
- Cork History: Streets, Forts and Shandon Landmarks
- Cork Walking Tour: Self-Guided Heritage Trails and Guided Walks
- Theatres in Cork: Historic Venues and What to See
- Dublin Architecture: Reading Medieval and Georgian Buildings
- Dublin Georgian Architecture: A Guide to Reading the City
- Dublin Statues: A Walk Through the City's Public Sculptures
- Dublin Theatres: Abbey, Gate, Gaiety and Smock Alley Guide
- Dublin Walking Tours: Guided, Self-Guided and App Options
- Viking Dublin: History, Archaeology and Places to Visit
- Galway Architecture: Medieval Walls, Merchant Houses and Later Landmarks
- Galway History: Medieval Walls, Merchant Houses and Churches
- Galway Theatres: A Guide to the City's Stages and Companies
- Galway Walking Tour: How the City's Guided Walks Differ
- Battle of Aughrim: Visitor Centre, Battlefield and Historical Context
- Battle of Clontarf: Evidence, Sources and Where to Encounter It
- Battle of Kinsale: What Happened and Where to See It
- Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre: An Honest Visitor Guide
- Battle of the Boyne: Visitor Guide to Oldbridge Estate
- Battle of Vinegar Hill: History and Visiting the Site
- Brian Boru in Ireland: Manuscripts, Memory and Places to Trace Him
- Carrickmacross Lace: The Craft and Its Gallery
- Carrickmacross Workhouse: A Visitor Guide to the Famine Poorhouse
- Celtic Ireland: Real Sites and Artefacts to See
- Clones Lace: Irish Crochet History and the Clones Lace Museum
- Cushendale Woollen Mills: A Working Mill in Graiguenamanagh
- Dublin 1916 Walking Tour: A Self-Guided Route Through the Rising
- Dublin History Walking Tours: Guided, App and Self-Guided Options
- Dunmore Cave: A Guide to Kilkenny's Guided Show Cave
- Easter Rising 1916: A Visitor's Guide to the History and Records
- Foxford Woollen Mills: A Visitor Guide to the Mayo Mill
- Gaelic Ireland: Learned Families, Manuscripts and Sites to See
- Georgian Ireland: Townhouses, Planned Streets and Country Villas
- Ireland's UNESCO Sites: Brú na Bóinne and Sceilg Mhichíl
- Irish Céilí Dance: History, Group Dances and Archive Research
- Irish Celtic Art: Where to See It in Dublin
- Irish Civil War: Places, Objects and Records to Visit
- Irish Coffin Ships: What the Term Means and Where to Learn the History
- Irish Crochet Lace: Motifs, Mesh and Where to See It
- Irish Dance History: Céilí Origins, Codification and Archives
- Irish Dry Stone Walls: The Craft and Where to See It
- Irish Fairy Folklore: Trees, May Day and the Recorded Archive
- Irish Fairy Trees: Hawthorn Lore and Where to Meet It
- Irish Folk Art: Vernacular Objects at Turlough Park
- Irish Harp History: From Gaelic Patronage to Living Tradition
- Irish Hedge Schools: History, Teachers and Where to Research Them
- Irish Language History: From Ogham to the Gaeltacht
- Irish Music History: Instruments, Harp, Pipes and Dance
- Irish National Heritage Park: A County Wexford Guide
- Irish Place Names: How to Read Them Using the Placenames Database
- Irish Pottery: Museum Ceramics and Working Potteries
- Irish Silver: How Hallmarks and Makers Tell Ireland's Story
- Irish Thatched Cottages: The Craft and Three Cottages to Visit
- Irish Traditions: Where They Were Recorded and Where to Explore Them
- Irish Uilleann Pipes: The Instrument, Its History and Where to Start
- Irish Weaving: Craft History and Working Mills You Can Visit
- Jerpoint Glass Studio: Visiting the Stoneyford Glassblowers
- Kenmare Lace: History, Design and Where to See It
- Limerick Lace: How It Was Made and Where to See It
- Norman Ireland: Three Surviving Places That Tell the Story
- OPW Heritage Card: Validity, Prices and How Entry Works
- Strongbow in Ireland: History and the Monument Called His Tomb
- The 1798 Irish Rebellion: Enniscorthy and Vinegar Hill Guide
- The Irish Penal Laws: What They Were and Where to Trace Them
- Treaty of Limerick: What the 1691 Settlement Actually Said
- Vikings in Ireland: Towns, Kings and the Clontarf Legacy
- Wolfe Tone in Ireland: His Story and Where to Explore It
- Youghal Lace: Needlelace History and Where to See It in Youghal
- Kilkenny History: How Two Medieval Towns Became One City
- Kilkenny Walking Tour: Reading the Medieval City on Foot
- Theatres in Kilkenny: Watergate, Set and Cleere's Explained
- Limerick History: From Viking Town to Georgian City
- Limerick Walking Tour: Georgian Streets to Medieval Quarter