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Amazing footage of a dog playing with a dolphin off the coast of Ireland – VIDEO

Incredible footage of a labrador swimming and playing with a dolphin off at Middletown, on Tory Island  has been captured by a BBC camera crew...Read more






Dublin archdiocese 'on brink of financial collapse'

The Dublin archdiocese, the largest in Ireland, is on the brink of financial collapse a report in the Irish Catholic newspaper, quoting an internal church document, has revealed...Read more

Ireland is set for dramatic economic recovery say experts

Ireland is set for a dramatic economic recovery well ahead of other troubled European nations according to two leading sources...Read more


IrishCentral's top ten Irish baby names in America and their meanings

Aidan, Brayden, Colin, Riley; Kayla, Morgan, Megan, Kaitlyn - you've probably come across a newborn in the past decade with at least one of these names.

What do they all have in common? These top names in the U.S. all have Irish roots! Read more

3,000-year-old bog body is likely to be sacrificed Irish king

Experts at the National Museum of Ireland believe the body accidentally discovered in a bog in County Laois could be that of a sacrificed Iron Age Irish king. The body displays various cuts that show the man was killed in a ritual killing associated with kingship...Read more