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800 Irish schoolboys break Guinness World Record for largest human shamrock (IrishCentral)

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:04:18 PST

800 Irish schoolboys form world's largest human shamrock (Irish Independent)Hundreds of students in Dublin gathered together to set a Guinness World record for forming the largest human shamrock just in time for St Patrick’s Day, all while raising money for charityThe Irish Independent reports on the endeavor that saw 800 schoolboys from Blackrock College and Willow Park schools in Dublin assembled on the lawns of Blackrock CollegeOnce in the shamrock formation, the Irish schoolboys had to hold their positions for five minutes in order to adhere to the Guinness World Record’s strict guidelines READ MORE

Ireland’s St. Patrick isn’t iconic enough for Guinness World Records - ruins Limerick’s plans (IrishCentral)

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:44:01 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

According to the Guinness World Records, St. Patrick himself isn’t iconic enough to be granted a world record despite having his own feast day that is celebrated the world over.

St. Paddy’s Run Green plans to break Guinness World Record for largest kilt run (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:53:29 PST

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The folks in Raleigh, NC, will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest number of kilted runners at this year’s St. Paddy’s Run Green.

Smallest bull in the world makes Guinness Book of World Records (IrishCentral)

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:24:49 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Archie from County Armagh, a Dexter breed bull, will be named in the upcoming Guinness Book of World Records for being the smallest bull in the world.

One Direction are "incredibly proud" to be Guinness World Record breakers (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:36:48 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

The boy band have entered the Guinness World Records of 2013 for being the first UK group to reach number one in America with a debut album, with their LP 'Up All Night' bettering the 1997 achievement of the Spice Girls, who previously held the record for highest entry into the US album chart by a British group when 'Spice' entered at Number six.

1,400 people dressed as nuns in Kerry break Guinness World Record -VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:00:37 PDT

Supporting Nunday!More than 1,400 revellers dressed as nuns flocked to a village in Kerry last weekend to smash a Guinness world recordMen and women dressed as nuns descended on Listowel on Saturday for ‘Nunday’ to help raise funds for Pieta House, a charity aimed at preventing suicide and self-harmThe crowd broke the previous record, which stood at 250 for the largest meeting of people dressed as nunsOrganizer Cora O’Brien told TheJournal READ MORE

Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin aim to break Guinness World Record on Bloomsday (IrishCentral)

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:37:35 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

The Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin, Ireland is gearing up to shatter a Guinness World Record culminating on June 16th, also known as Bloomsday. The Centre is looking to break the record for ‘Most Authors Reading Consecutively From Their Own Books’ over a 28 hour period from June 15th - June 16th.

Guinness world leprechaun record is broken in Dublin (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:24:52 PST

By: JAMES O'BRIEN,

The Guinness world record for a leprechaun gathering was broken in Dublin on Wednesday when 250 of the green gnomes showed up to break the Jay Leno NBC show record.

Irishman attempts to break Guinness World Record by playing guitar for 101 hours straight (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:45:36 PDT

By: KARLA RODRIGUEZ

An Irish musician began his effort to break the Guinness World Record for the most time spent playing a guitar.

Guinness World Record for most St. Patrick’s lookalikes to be set in Irish town (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:15:44 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

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Cavan man retains Guinness World record for plucking turkeys (IrishCentral)

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:48 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Will Ferrell has broken a Guinness World Record for the "Largest Gathering of Superheroes" (IrishCentral)

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:00:05 PDT

Will Ferrell has broken a Guinness World Record for the most people gathered in the same place dresses as a superheroHis stunt coincides with the release of DreamWorks cartoon "Mega Mind"The only stipulation for todays event was that those taking part had to be dressed as a superhero that would be easily recognizable from a comic, movie or TV show An amazing 1,580 superheros turned up at the L READ MORE