Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to ...

Plenty of clues already showed that Vikings had been to Ireland, including ruins, artifacts, and Norwegian family names. But this map provided the very first DNA evidence of the Irish and the ...

More info Weather experts are warning about the possibility of snowfall across a large part of Ireland at the beginning of March. Newly published weather maps from WXCharts.com, which pulls down ...

In Ireland, Feb. 1 marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of “Lá Fhéile Bríde” — St. Brigid’s Day. For Irish Catholics, the day has always been significant, as St. Brigid is ...

Although Ptolemy’s calculations were inaccurate—leading to distortions in distances—he was the first to use mathematics in cartography. Certain aspects of his world map, like his successful ...

The Football Association of Ireland has apologised after it included a map of Ireland with the county of “Londonderry” in a match programme on Tuesday night. The programme was available during ...

Nearly 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse across hundreds of Ireland’s religious-run schools have been documented in a new report, marking the latest grim revelations to emerge from the country ...

“We finished that in 2018, and we were wondering what to do next and wanted to do something a bit different, so we got together and decided on a historical map of Ireland. “We started in ...

Simon Harris has become the youngest-ever prime minister of Ireland, officially taking office in Dublin on Tuesday after Leo Varadkar suddenly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, ran unopposed to ...

A vast collection of maps of Ireland has been acquired by the Republic ahead of being digitised for public viewing. The Bonar Law collection features almost 10,000 maps and 9,000 prints ...

A reconstructed map from the 6th century BC by Hecatateus of Miletus shows neither Britain or Ireland existing in the ring of water surrounding Europe. Ptolemy did a little better, producing the ...

A famous Greek astronomer and cartographer, Ptolemy's map of Ireland is incredibly accurate even though it was penned way back in 140AD. A map created by Greek astronomer and cartographer ...