Useful links to the History topics we have covered in 5th class this year.
Dig into the Irish myth of lovers Gráinne and Diarmuid, and follow their journey as they flee from her betrothed, Fionn.
Gráinne, princess of Tara and bride-to-be, was furious. She had thought she was betrothed to a young soldier, bold and brilliant enough to be her equal. Yet it soon became clear she was expected to marry Fionn, a warrior far past his prime. Not willing to suffer this insult, Gráinne decided that before the wedding she would exact her revenge.
Animated film telling the story of Fionn Mac Cumhaill and how the Giant's Causeway got it's name.
An audiobook of the story 'Deirdre of the Sorrow's'.
Read by Tom Sweeney
A BBC Documentary on the English pioneer of the Smallpox Vaccine.
Remembering the victims of the Croke Park tragedy.
1750 - 1870
WWII - The Invasion of Poland - 1939