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Stephen Colbert gets down with the hipster trend of diaperless babies,...
Stephen ColbertStephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s ‘The Colbert Report,’ shared on his show this week a new trend spawning amongst “hipster” parents The trend? Not using diapers on their...
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Some wonderful discoveries - relishing Irish trad session, The Gathering...
Illustration by Caty BartholomewCherry blossoms explode gorgeously right across the West, the sun shines, a fat full moon garnishes stilly nights to die for, the small birds begin their courting...
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New details on an Irish-born Black and Tan who was executed by British...
By: DJ Kelly On Tuesday 7th June 1921, three men were executed at Dublin’s Mountjoy Gaol. Executions of Republicans were almost commonplace during the Irish War of Independence [1919-21]. On that day...
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A burger joint and street in Tehran, Iran, pay homage to Irish hunger striker...
By: KERRY O'SHEA Unlikely as it may sound, two spots in Tehran, Iran pay homage to Bobby Sands, the IRA activist who died while hunger striking in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland.READ MORE
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Kinsale hosts Come Home for Your Tea Party for The Gathering 2013 (IrishCentral)
By: JANE WALSH The Kinsale Arts Festival is inviting friends old and new back to Kinsale for Come Home for Your Tea Party, in celebration of the Gathering. READ MORE
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Springtime in Dublin - Flowers in bloom, playing co-ed tag rugby, and joining...
Stunning springtime view from Dublin's Three Rock MountainI couldn't decide on a particular piece of cultural commentary this week, so I thought I would just do a general May update - spring has...
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Galway teacher thrilled to receive thank you letter from President Obama for...
Obama sketchBarack Obama wrote a personal letter in thanks to untrained artist and secondary school teacher Brian Fogarty who simply drew a depiction of the President’s Irish relation The 35-year-old...
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Genealogy course announced for County Monaghan Diaspora visiting for The...
By: A unique Monaghan-focused family history initiative is being organized as part of The Gathering 2013. It will provide two four-day training courses within the county for tourists tracing their...
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Museum to open part of 50th anniversary celebration of John F Kennedy’s visit...
By: JANE WALSH A ‘ JFK50’ museum will open in New Ross town in mid-May as part of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the visit of President John F Kennedy to the town. The community...
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“Elvis and Ireland” explore the life and career of the rock legend along with...
By: JANE WALSH Irish rock star Barry Devlin of legendary Celtic Rock group Horslips will be on hand this Friday at The Corner Note Café, in the south Dublin village of Dalkey to officially launch the...
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The best Irish wit, wisdom and sayings about Mother’s Day (IrishCentral)
By: BERNIE MALONE As the old proverb says "God could not be everywhere so he invented mother." How true this is and this weekend, Mother's Day, is the time to show it.READ MORE
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The perfect Mother's Day treat: Bailey’s Irish nut coffee bars (IrishCentral)
By: Culinary Concoction by Peabody The perfect Mother's Day treat: Bailey’s Irish nut coffee barsREAD MORE
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Irish schoolchildren to mark Great Famine with a minute of silence...
By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS Irish children in primary and secondary schools have been asked to hold a minute's silence to remember those who died in the Great Famine.READ MORE
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Handwritten Oscar Wilde poem “Heart's Yearnings” sells at auction for...
By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF WRITERS Oscar Wilde, the most famous victim of the Victorian values he relentlessly pilloried, still exerts a worldwide fascination.READ MORE
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In Focus - Sean Muldoon: Belfast native and owner and manager of Dead Rabbit...
By: MOLLY MULDOON Background: Sean Muldoon is the co-owner and general manager of the Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in Lower Manhattan. Originally from Belfast, he has lived here for two and a half...
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How U.S. born Mamie Cadden avoided the death penalty - a backstreet...
By: MICHELLE K SMITH Midwife, abortionist and convicted murderer Mamie Cadden avoided the death penalty in 1950’s Dublin. Cadden is a controversial figure who provided abortions for women in Dublin...
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Double The Gathering fun as Twin Fest Ireland goes global to reunite twins...
By: JANE WALSH Are you a Twin? Does your Twin live in Canada, The United States, Australia, or Europe? If so Twin Fest Ireland is offering you the opportunity to be reunited in Ireland this August with...
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Irish American comedian Colin Quinn to headline for New York Irish Center’s...
By: JANE WALSH An evening of top-notch entertainment in aid of the New York Irish Center (NYIC) is promised at Symphony Space with the best of stand-up comedy, courtesy of headline act and Broadway...
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Find the place in Ireland that most closely matches the values in your life...
By: IrishCentral Staff Writers Profiles of cities, towns and villages of Ireland compiled from the 2011 census provide statistical pictures of every county allowing the public to single out which place...
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Stunning new maps will outline what Irish land Cromwell stole – and who owned...
By: PATRICK COUNIHAN Reckon Oliver Cromwell stole your family’s land back in Ireland – now you can find out thanks to Trinity College in Dublin. The Sunday Independent reports that a ‘staggering’...
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