Once again, it is St Patrick’s Day, an occasion to honor the patron saint of Ireland who converted the Emerald Isle to Christianity and to...

It was on this day in 1866 that republicans and monarchists clashed at the town of Ridgeway, Canada. On the whole, it was not a good day f...

On this day in 1866 Irish republicans of the Fenian Brotherhood crossed over from New York to invade Canada. Most of these men were vetera...

The history of British-Irish relations has often been unpleasant and controversial. Irish independence was a struggle, the establishment o...

It was on this day in 1745 that the son of the Stuart claimant to the British throne, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, raised the royal stand...

 A happy St Patrick's Day to all from The Mad Monarchist , particularly to those few and long suffering monarchists of the Emerald I...

Today is the day that HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Northern Ireland as part of the U.K.-wide Diamond Jub...

Oliver Cromwell occupied a very unique place in British history and, of course, English history in particular. He was never very well li...

King Mael Seachnaill II, King Malachy II or Malachy the Great is another one of those giant figures from the royal history of Ireland that, ...

One of the most prominent Irish soldiers never to fight for Ireland was Maximilian Ulysses Browne, an Irish refugee who became one of the hi...

Depending on the calendar (Julian or Gregorian) this was the day in history that the battles of the Boyne and Aughrim were fought, either w...

No doubt, THE big royal event of last week was the visit of HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland, an histo...