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After the Bombardment, Archibald McGoogan, 1916. National Gallery of Ireland Collection (CC BY 4.0).

Why Do the British Know So Little About Irish History?

British and Irish history have been entwined for centuries, often fatally so. Why then are so many Brits ignorant of their neighbour to the west?

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