George V

IRA ambushes, Major winners and a link with Augusta – Lahinch has it all

Old links full of history from golfing exploits to War of Independence connections

Swapping Carlow for Lenny Kravitz’s Paris

Could I live like a rock star for a week? Well yes, thanks to a house swap website

Chelsea’s future – like that of the club’s absent owner – remains in the balance

Abramovich unable to witness in the flesh the side’s stylish progress under Sarri

The Irish nun who survived floods, famines and shipwrecks

Mother Mary Patrick was rescued in a coal bucket after her ship was torpedoed in 1940

Patrick Freyne: The royal wedding – or the ginger betrayal of Prince Harry

Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding will be a fight to a choral version of the Benny Hill theme

25 fearless women who helped shape today’s Ireland

They smashed stereotypes, changed Ireland – yet many are forgotten by history

The best autumn travel deals around the country - whatever your budget

From whale-spotting in West Cork to cosy nights in Connemara there’s plenty on offer

‘Fairytale’ Irish castle ranked in 25 best travel experiences in the world

New ‘Michelin guide’ for luxury travel picks top global holidays and experiences

Car makers see vision of the future in 1947 Citroen 2CV

What can a classic in modern Paris tell us about the French auto industry?

Remembering the real ‘inventors of jazz’

This year marks the centenary of the first ever jazz record by five white musicians from New Orleans called The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Is Rory McIlroy getting married in Ashford Castle? Staff couldn’t possibly say

Paparazzi expected to descend on Cong, Co Mayo for the golfers wedding to New Yorker Erica Stoll

Goodbye small-town ghost shop. Hello holiday apartment

Empty for decades, a shop-cum-pub in Kilrush, Co Clare, has a new life as a holiday home

Gerry Adams puppet “worse for wear” after five years in pub

’Spitting Image’ puppets on way to museum in Northern Ireland after Dublin auction

Are Protestants closer to the ideal of model citizen than Catholics?

A study threw up surprising results on the accepted wisdom about Protestant aloofness

At midterm, no one can hear you scream: Halloween breaks here and abroad

Get spooked during the haunting season with these destinations for all ages

Luna wins best restaurant award less than a year after opening

Restaurants Association of Ireland awards gives top prize to Italian-American themed eatery

Michael Collins’s plea for support

History sale at Adam’s includes an original handwritten letter from Michael Collins and a rare photograph of him

Obituary: David Lane – meticulous surgeon and gifted musician

David Lane: September 22nd, 1927 – October 17th, 2015

Hong Kong to remove British emblems from post boxes

Decision over colonial-era royal insignia stirs controversy as some fight to ‘retain heritage’

Check in for Christmas: great hotel deals for the festive break

Deck the halls? Let someone else do it this year says Joan Scales, who rounds up some tempting Christmas packages

Controversial businessman whose first love was art

James Stafford: March 14th, 1945 – August 12th, 2015

Holiday SOS: 25 escapes before winter sets in

Tired after the summer so-called holidays? Here are 25 autumn escapes to get you going

Gothic Revival mansion: Dublin’s latest ‘most expensive home’

Asking €10.5m, Inniscorrig is one of the most striking properties in south Dublin

Adam’s goes to the country

Possessions of the Anglo-Irish gentry will feature large at a two-day country house auction in Slane Castle

Did the fractious family squabbles of Europe’s royal cousins in 1914 matter?

Ireland’s hidden colours

An Irishman’s Diary about the old Irish regiments in the British army

Edward Carson’s long shadow

An Irishman’s Diary: A Dublin-born hero of unionism

Who knifed Queen Victoria’s portrait in Dublin in 1916?

Fragment of royal portrait – slashed during rebels’ occupation of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – turns up for auction