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The epitaphs of wit and wisdom found on Irish tombstones

A new book ‘Dead Funny’ traces the funniest gravestone epitaphs in Ireland. ...

by JAMES O'BRIEN 12

Former president Bill Clinton speaking about the Irish peace process over 15 years ago Enniskillen exhibition highlights former US president Bill Clinton’s role in Irish peace process

Former US President Bill Clinton’s role in the Irish peace process is being highlighted this week at a major exhibition at the Clinton Centre in Enniskillen coinciding with the centre’s summer school. ...

by JANE WALSH 4

Irish-American commentator Chuck Hamilton claims that Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and hunger striker Bobby Sands are both of Scots Irish stock. Commentator claims Gerry Adams and Bobby Sands are of Scottish Protestant extraction

An Irish-American commentator has claimed that Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and hunger striker Bobby Sands are both of Scots Irish stock. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 78

Residents of Our Lady's Manor nursing home, Edgeworthstown enjoy ice cream and a day in the sun at Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Photograph: Brian Farrell Top ten reasons Ireland is the best place on earth when the sun shines - PHOTOS

Everyone in Ireland rejoiced last week when June arrived with scorching summer temperatures. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 2

The beautiful seaside town of Clonakilty, County Cork Ireland’s top seaside vacation locations, villages and beaches not to miss - PHOTOS

Ireland is essentially a small island off mainland Europe and the Irish are a bunch of islanders, and very proud of the fact. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 7

President John F Kennedy photographed with John Jr in the White House's Oval Office President John F Kennedy predicted his own assassination, told Jackie O

President John F Kennedy’s secret interviews with his wife claim he warned his assassination would safeguard his legacy around a year before his death. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 23

Genealogy course “Ancestral Connections: Names, Places and Spaces” lined up for University College Cork Genealogy course “Ancestral Connections: Names, Places and Spaces” lined up for Cork

A summer school course in the latest Irish genealogy research, “Ancestral Connections: Names, Places and Spaces”, at University College Cork is now taking bookings. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 2

Paddywagon Tours, guiding backpackers from Africa to Auckland and Australia's Bonsai Beach for several years, hopes to corner the international day-trip market. Paddywagon Tours founder hopes to corner the market in global day trips

Cathal O'Connell, founder of Paddywagon Tours, had been guiding backpackers from Africa to Auckland and Australia's Bonsai Beach for several years when he decided to start up a similar business in Ireland. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 1

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler loved Irish folk music

Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler loved Irish folk music and recently-released historical photographs reveal that famous Irish musician Sean Dempsey played for him in 1936. ...

by PATRICK ROBERTS 62

Irish wolfhounds were originally war dogs used to drag men off horseback or off chariots. Ten facts you didn't know about Irish wolfhounds

Here are ten things you didn't know about the Irish wolfhound breed. ...

by JAMES O’SHEA 17

Why no effort to repair damage to Irish Famine memorial in New York nearly one year after? - Car slammed into memorial and ugly plywood and metal barricades still mark the site

A year after a car slammed into the NY Irish Hunger Memorial the damage has still not been repaired.It is a disgrace that almost a year after a car slammed into the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York the significant damage has not ...

by Niall O'Dowd 20

No more room for the Irish mother’s wooden spoon - parenting has changed since our day

I had a big belly laugh one morning when I caught a “mime picture” on Facebook that was catching on like wildfire. In it, there was a photo of a wooden spoon with the words “An Irish Mother’s  Weapon of A*s Destruction” in the ... ...

by Mike Farragher 0

Sister Mary Glowrey was declared a “Servant of God” by the Bishop of Guntur in India setting her on her journey to becoming recognized as a Saint. Irish-Australian nun on path to sainthood - could become country’s second saint

In March of 2013, Irish-Australian nun Mary Glowrey was declared a “Servant of God” by the Bishop of Guntur in India setting her on her journey to becoming recognized as a Saint. ...

by AMANDA DRISCOLL 0

Irish Wolfhounds Bronagh and Keelagh will welcome Irish Wolfhounds from around the world to Farmleigh House this Sunday. Irish Wolfhounds have their own special Gathering in Ireland

This weekend, in association with The Gathering Ireland 2013, Farmleigh House, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, will host the Irish Wolfhound Championship Show. ...

by JANE WALSH 3

The Coomakiste Pass, South Kerry - there are over 2,000 fun events taking place in Ireland during the summer especially for The Gathering Over 2,000 Gathering Ireland events planned for summer 2013 - get your family involved

A massive 2,126 Gatherings are now planned to take place this summer. ...

by JANE WALSH 8

South Carolina Irish Memorial, 20 years in the making, will open to the public on June 10 'South Carolina Irish Memorial' park celebrating emigrants to be opened this month

For 20 years, the people of Charleston have waited to honor their Irish roots. Finally, that idea has been realized with the building of the “South Carolina Irish Memorial” which will open to the public on 10 June. ...

by AMANDA DRISCOLL 2

Belinda McKeon’s Irish Times article on the centenary of the opening of Grand Central station along with Emily Nussbaum’s article 'Tune in next week - the curious staying power of the cliff-hanger' pu English Leaving Certificate paper shows strong New York influence in Ireland

Earlier this week 116,845 pupils began their Leaving and Junior Certificate exams in Ireland. As always, the 13-day long exams started with the notoriously difficult English Paper I. ...

by NICOLA MURPHY 0

Patrick and Marisa Wayne, the son and daughter of "Quiet Man" star John Wayne honored at second John Ford Ireland Symposium in Dublin. Family of John Wayne recall the 'Quiet Man' star's love for Ireland

The children of ‘The Duke’, Patrick and Marisa Wayne were honored this weekend at the second John Ford Ireland Symposium in Dublin. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 7

The bonding nature of the spud and a lesson the modern Irish potato and its realities

Illustration by Caty BartholomewSince it is the potato crop, and its failure all those decades ago, which bonds us together on both shores of the Atlantic today in real terms, I want this week to write for you about the modern Iri ...

by Cormac MacConnell 3

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