A limited-edition Michael Collins note has been launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Irish Free State Constitution Act on December 6, 1922, which formally ratified the 1921 ...

In a new memoir, the Irish filmmaker alleges Garret FitzGerald wanted to invoice Warner Bros. for an op-ed that pushed back against criticisms of the film from historians and politicians. By Abid ...

Michael Collins dismissed threats from anti-Treaty Irish Americans in a letter to Diarmuid Fawsitt written on August 19, 1922, just three days before his death. The correspondence between Collins and ...

In 1921, Michael Collins secured the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ending centuries of British rule and laying the foundation for modern Ireland. To some, he was a hero—the man who delivered freedom. To others, ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1851, the U.S.-built schooner America outran a fleet of Britain's finest ships around England's Isle of Wight in an international race that became known as ...

He made his name in an even bigger way through one of his books, when in 1903 he wrote one of the first great spy thrillers. That novel, The Riddle of the Sands, was about a German plot to launch a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a lengthy interview with the Guardian, Jordan recounts meeting FitzGerald after the article was published and thanking him.