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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Noticing the differences back home in the USA - missing the lush green hills and long summer evenings in Ireland
No really...Ireland's landscape really is that ... ... by Annie Tanner
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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