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Patti Burke, of Melbourne, was eating her lunch last Wednesday when she came across a Goldfish cracker with unique cross in a circle. Burke, who believes it to be a sign from God, keeps it in an earring box.

Irish American woman finds ‘sign from God’ on a Goldfish Cracker in Florida - VIDEO

A Melbourne, FLorida woman believes she received a ‘sign from God’ when she found a Goldfish Cracker bearing a cross within a circle on Holy Week. ...

April 06, 2013 by AMANDA DRISCOLL 9

Drunk Irish teen charged with threatening to kill Guyanan president - 17-year-old told bodyguards he'd like to shoot Donald Ramotar

Crosson: booze fulled threatto kill Guyana's president lands teen in legal trouble An Irish teenager on a gap year in the small South American s ...

by Daniel O'Carroll 1

New study shows 16 percent of people have slept with their boss

Sex on the job for Irish as study shows majority have slept with a co-worker

The majority of workers in Ireland have slept with a work colleague, according to a new sex survey by an Irish fashion magazine. ...

April 05, 2013 by IrishCentral Staff Writers 18

The top ten words used by the Irish that never fail to confuse Americans

“Listen, I'm going to slap on me runners and leg it down to the chipper!” ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 107

Didn't your Irish mammy tell you never make tea for yourself without offering some to the rest of the family.

Ten things you would never do growing up in an Irish household

There are a few unspoken rules in an Irish household, many that seem so normal to Irish people that to see them written down in black and white seems just as hilarious as the fact that we follow them without thinking. ...

April 07, 2013 by AMANDA DRISCOLL 23

Donegal Council meeting suspended after Sinn Fein member demands the Tricolor be raised above building

An Irish tricolor A local town council meeting in Donegal was disrupted on Tuesday after a councilor demanded an Irish Tricolor be raised above the building ...

by IrishCentral Columnists 2

Star of ‘Tallafornia’ - Ireland’s ‘Jersey Shore’ - threatens to sue over Facebook photobomb

Phil Penny gets pranked Phil Penny, one of the stars of Irish reality program ‘Tallafornia,’ is threatening to sue after becoming victim of a har ...

by IrishCentral Columnists 0

RNLI handout photo of volunteer lifeboat crew with Fenit RNLI working with locals to help save a stranded dolphin in the Kerry town, after it was washed up on a remote beach. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

Local families and lifeboat crew save baby dolphin from Kerry beach

A baby Bottlenose dolphin became stranded on Fenit Island, County Kerry, on Tuesday night but was rescued by the Fenit lifeboat crew and three local families who worked together to save its life. ...

March 28, 2013 by AMANDA DRISCOLL 1

Irish-born Queens resident Raymond Finerty

Irish immigrant diagnosed with serious cancer receives dream trip to the Masters golf

As his battle against often deadly mesothelioma continues, Raymond Finerty’s wish to attend the Masters has been granted by the Dream Foundation in partnership with Genentech and Shivas Irons Society. ...

by MATT KEOUGH 3

Irish government funded website, aimed at youths, receives backlash from the Catholic Church and politicians over threesome advice article

Three in a bed charity defends its online sex advice to Irish teenagers

The youth organization accused of publishing inappropriate sex advice for teenagers has defended its policies – and issued a strong rebuttal to critics. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 51

James McCarthy being winched into a helicopter by Coast Guard medevacs crewman from fishing vessel near Kodiak, Alaska

“Deadliest Catch" Irish fisherman survives 25 minute ordeal in freezing Alaskan waters

An Irish fisherman who survived a fall into one of the world’s most treacherous oceans has spoken of his nightmare ordeal. ...

March 25, 2013 by PATRICK COUNIHAN 1

Barry Pilcher heads home to England after living by himself on the island of Inishfree for 20 years

Ireland’s loneliest man, the sole resident of the island of Inishfree, leaves to join his family

Barry Pilcher, the lone resident on the island of Inishfree since 1993, has finally decided to head back to his home of England to be nearer to his family. ...

March 21, 2013 by KERRY O'SHEA 1

Hendrix the dog and his owner reunited after he was accidentally shipped to Ireland

Arizona-bound New Jersey dog mistakenly put on flight to Ireland

Hendrix, a six-year-old English springer spaniel, was set to fly on a United Airlines flight from Newark to Phoenix last week but was sent to Shannon, Ireland instead. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 1

Know the lingo - A simple guide to modern Irish slang for St. Patrick’s Day

So you are all set for Saint Patrick’s Day, right? Good. Got your lucky green socks? Check. Leprechaun hat? check. Shamrock face stickers? ...

by BRYAN FITZGERALD 1

Did St. Patrick really banish snakes from Ireland?

This St. Patrick's Day we ask did Ireland's patron saint really banish all the snakes?

It’s the season where folks celebrate St. Patrick, the man best known for banishing snakes from the green fields of Ireland. ...

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