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Gaelic Storm among the great performers at this year's Gaelic Park’s Irish Festival in Chicago

One Direction performing at Madison Square Garden

Something for everyone at Gaelic Park’s Irish Festival in Chicago

Great entertainment for all the family - a Memorial Day packed with Irish culture

One Direction to play Dublin’s Croke Park as part of 2014 world tour

Niall Horan to follow in the footsteps of bands such as U2 and Westlife when he plays Croke Park with One Direction

Amen to Rend Collective Experiment - VIDEO

New Jersey Fleadh weekend a huge success

Pearl River 2013 under-12 ceili band at the Parsippany Fleadh. (Photos by Sean Conway) Parsippany, New Jersey -- In last week’s column we ex ...

by Paul Keating 0

Secret love child of Dubliners’ legend Barney McKenna to claim his entire fortune

The secret love child of The Dubliners legend Barney McKenna has claimed his entire fortune, after DNA tests proved he was the banjo legend’s son. ...

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Gerry Adams accuses British government of undermining Good Friday Agreement

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD has called on the British government to honor its commitments and for the Irish government to urgently re-engage in the peace process following a succession of decisions by the British government ...

by JANE WALSH 44

Commander Chris Hadfield performing David Bowie's "Space Oddity" on board the International Space Station

Irish loving astronaut Chris Hadfield bids farewell to International Space Station with viral Bowie performance – VIDEO

Commander Chris Hadfield, a social media savvy Canadian astronaut on the International Space Station, bid goodbye to his 790,000+ Twitter followers and 268,000+ Facebook friends with an acoustic cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddit ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 0

Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Congress celebrates growth - with 415 branches in 15 countries

The Pearl River under-12 All-Ireland champions in Cavan in 2012. DUBLIN -- I’ve only just arrived back from the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Congress h ...

by Paul Keating 0

Finally some new U2 music from Bono and the boys?

U2 The drum beats in the press and the headwinds out of Dublin would lead us to believe that new U2 music might be seeing the light of day very soon. ...

by Mike Farragher 2

The Jersey Shore is back after Hurricane Sandy - The Irish Festival kicks off

Seamus Kelleher My business travel and book tours take me all over America, and prior to Hurricane Sandy somebody would always make a joke about big hair and ...

by Mike Farragher 0

Irish American comedian Colin Quinn will entertain the crowds at this year's New York Irish Center fundraiser

Irish American comedian Colin Quinn to headline for New York Irish Center’s fundraiser

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 powerhouse, Colin Quinn, and stellar Irish musi ...

by JANE WALSH 0

New Irish festival GaelFest to showcase music, dance, sports, arts and literature

On Saturday, June 1st 2013, Claddagh na nGael will present a brand new festival, GaelFest, celebrating traditional Irish culture in all its varied forms and expressions. ...

by JANE WALSH 1

Recalling the great Irish musician Felix Dolan - VIDEO

Felix Dolan and his son BrendanA great crowd had gathered at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Scarsdale, New York awaiting the Mass of Christian Burial concelebrated by the pastor Monsignor Hugh McManus, Monsignor Charles Coen, Revere ...

by Paul Keating 0

Thomas Johnston is in the driving seat for “Highway Signs and Highway Lines”

Thomas Johnston "Days are long gone/when life was simpler/now the rat race rules/the mighty dollar quest/when you lose inside of what truly matters, tim ...