A quick look at the Aran islands Sitting on the mouth of the bay of Galway in western Ireland lay the Aran islands. Three small and very unusual islands contain some of the most unique and well-preserved examples of how our ancestors lived in ancient Ireland....
How did people survive the Black Death? The disease often referred to as the “Black Death” or more simply as “the plague”, was a disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium which was carried by fleas. The disease would live within the fleas but not affect them in...
The most dangerous jobs of our ancestors Living through certain periods of history would often be nothing short of a nightmare. If you were lucky or rich enough you’d be looked after by someone else, but for the vast majority of people who existed in our past, life...
Historic journeys through history that were hard to survive The Irish Potato Famine – 1845 – 1852 During the 1900s, Ireland’s main crop was potatoes since the landowner’s restrictions and local weather didn’t allow them to grow...
Interesting ancient finds from our ancestors Simply being alive between the Stone and Iron Ages would mean every single day would be about survival. In a time when there’s no such thing as refrigerators or effective medicine, keeping yourself and your family fed and...
How to survive living in a WW1 trench The First World War was a global event that started on 28 July 1914 and lasted for almost 4 and half years, finally coming to an end on 11 November 1918. The whole thing was a complete mess from the start and saw some of the worst...
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