A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century. The map ...

Significantly, too, the party set out the steps by which it aimed to achieve this Republic ... to a common political purpose. Less clear from the 1918 results was where Ireland might be headed ...

Latest news and updates on the Republic of Ireland, a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. It borders Northern Ireland, which is part of ...