Delicious Irish Easter recipes for the special day (IrishCentral)
By: JANE WALSH Here are some very special Easter recipes from the folks at Irishcultureandcustoms.com.READ MORE
View ArticleEmigrant Flame monument sparks to life in Wexford ahead of JFK 50 anniversary...
By: IrishCentral Staff Writers Experts who developed the London 2012 Olympic Torch are working on a newly built Emigrant Flame in New Ross, Wexford, which will be lit by members of the Kennedy family...
View ArticleGiant statue of St. Patrick to be moved elsewhere in response to ‘hateful...
By: IrishCentral Staff Writers The statues of St. Patrick and St. Brigid by Timothy Schmalz - slideshowREAD MORE
View ArticleIn Focus: Megan Smolenyak - Genealogist (IrishCentral)
By: MOLLY MULDOON Background: Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (who goes by Megan Smolenyak2 on her website in a nod to her married name) is a genealogist who has unearthed the Irish roots of many well-known...
View ArticleLuka Bloom, Martin Hayes, and John Spillane among lineup for Doolin Folk...
By: JANE WALSH Luka Bloom, Martin Hayes, Donal Lunny, John Spillane, Steve Cooney and Hermitage Green are amongst the acts lined up to perform during the inaugural Doolin Folk Festival on June 14th to...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland could discover its own “little Pompeii” in buried 17th...
By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS Funding for an ambitious archaeological project to excavate Northern Ireland’s own “little Pompeii” has been approved and secured. The buried 17th century town, near...
View ArticleIt’s a long way to Sruffaunoughterluggatoora - the seriously strange and...
By: AMANDA DRISCOLL The place names of Ireland can trace their origins to a mixture of Gaelic, Viking and English roots. The Anglicization of Irish towns in particular has resulted in a certain amount...
View ArticleThe ongoing paperwork of living abroad - work stamps, waiting in line and the...
The bureaucracy that never endsThe bureaucracy, it never ends!Remember how excited I was to finally have gotten my registration card from the GNIB? Well, upon inspection a few days later I realized...
View ArticleCorrigan Brothers to release new Joe Biden song after President Obama hit...
By: JAMES O'SHEA Corrigan Brothers, the band from Limerick whose international chart topper “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” has achieved more than ten million YouTube hits and seen them...
View ArticleThe history of the University of Notre Dame’s famed moniker and mascot the...
By: MATT KEOUGH Catholics? Rovers? Ramblers? Terriers? How about the Fighting Irish. There’s many stories and assumptions behind how Notre Dame landed on the Fighting Irish. Lets take a look into the...
View ArticleAer Lingus launch new customer initiative to mark The Gathering and...
Captains join in on the fun for The GatheringFor the year of The Gathering and the Aer Lingus International Hurling Festival the Irish airline are introducing some new initiatives and changes to their...
View ArticleTop ten things I learned about Ireland after my Gathering visit (IrishCentral)
By: AMY O’LEARY I finally made the trip across the Atlantic this year to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in my ancestral home, for The Gathering. I grew up in Boston listening to my grandparents talk about...
View ArticleBattle at the Bay II – The Rematch! (IrishCentral)
The fight against cancer continues! The night you have all been waiting for, Battle at the Bay II, is less than 2 short weeks away when Boston Irish put our best foot forward for a great cause While...
View ArticleIrish Hearts for Haiti Benefit Dance (IrishCentral)
Winnie Henry of Irish Hearts for HaitiFriends of the Orphans will hold their 4th Annual Irish Hearts for Haiti Benefit Dance to benefit NPH Haiti The event will take place April 7, 2013 from 4 to 9 pm...
View ArticleIrish Senior Connect (IrishCentral)
All of us at the Irish Senior Connect Listening Line hope that you have had a wonderful Saint Patrick’s Day, and we wish you a Joyous Easter! Spring is just around the corner, and we know you are...
View ArticleIrish International Immigrant Center - What to do after you get your green...
Q I have just been granted permanent resident status in the US Can you give a summary of my rights and responsibilities regarding such issues as travel abroad, reentering the US, losing my green card,...
View ArticleIrish International Immigrant Center - Gambling (IrishCentral)
“Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions” - Fyodor DostoevskySince the passing of the...
View ArticleIrish International Immigrant Center Volunteer Profile: Kathleen Campbell...
“I love the atmosphere and people have been so friendly and hospitable since I started volunteering in February”Kathleen Campbell, a native of Kingston, Rhode Island, joins the the IIIC as our newest...
View ArticleSteafán Hanvey comes to Boston (IrishCentral)
Hailing from Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, Steafán Hanvey is a singer and songwriter returning to the US in March and April to both perform songs from his new album Nuclear Family and present the...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Benefit Dance (IrishCentral)
Proceeds from the fundraising event will aid in the relief & reconstruction from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy to the parish of St Nicholas of Tolentine in Atlantic City, NJOn Thursday...
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