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I have had ivy growint on the side of my house now for 8 years....
This year it is dying! Some of the vines are dead and brittle, others are flourishing! what could it be?

Do you know what kind of ivy it is? I'm not sure that info will help. Pictures always help too.

most of Ohio is zone 5 or 6, and since its growing along your house, I'll take it that it's perennial. I'm going to assume that you have English Ivy (Hedera helix). English ivy is tough, and you should be able to cut the dead portions off - regular pruning and cutting back will actually help keep it vigrous and under control. Cutting growing vines will make the vine branch out as it grows again.

To keep it under control when it climbs on trees, it's suggested that you cut all the vines at a reachable height. The rooted portions will survive and send out multiple shoots, and everything above the cut without roots will die. You can do it to 'revitalize' your ivy to make a new green flush of foliage, but until it leaves out, you'll be stuck with a slow dying mat of vines.

Welcome, Fred. The first two do look like a grape of some sort, both in leaf shape and in the berries. I am surprised that the birds don't eat them though. Maybe not ripe enough for them? I am just not a vine expert. I hope someone can come along and help you.
We have a mystery plant section for most of these unknown plants. There we puzzle over and discuss what may be growing in our worlds.