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Irish actor Chris O’Dowd says being a sex symbol terrified him (IrishCentral)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:15:08 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Roscommon actor Chris O'Dowd has revealed that becoming an unlikely sex symbol after his turn in ‘Bridesmaids' completely unnerved him and hastened his marriage to Dawn Porter.

Step into a storybook garden with a fairytale castle at Lismore Castle and Gardens Arts Centre in County Waterford (IrishCentral)

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:33:00 PDT

Lismore Castle Gardens, Lismore, County WaterfordLismore Castle Gardens are exactly how I imagined my storybook garden to be, complete with a fairytale castle and Prince Charming throwin for good measure A place where I could wile away endless sunny afternoons in a floaty dress, playing Titania in "A Midsummer’s Night Dream" Or take afternoon tea in the shade of a gnarled old apple tree having painted yet another perfect botanical watercolorNeatly trimmed box hedges barely contain the flower filled borders with not a dead plant, bald spot or a weed to be seen anywhere READ MORE

Truths about the shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day - everything you think you know about the symbol of Irishness is a lie (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:47:30 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewI hope you have a bottle of good strong Irish whiskey stashed away already to fortify you for the St Patrick's Day parade and for the ritual drowning of the shamrock through the big day If so, then my advice to you is to take a good shot from the bottle here and now before you read the rest of this quite shocking story You will need it READ MORE

No reason to allow Union Jacks to fly alone over Belfast any more - Unionists need to get used to equality agenda and equal symbols (IrishCentral)

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:45:38 PST

Belfast City HallI’d almost feel sorry for the Loyalist protesters complaining about their Union Jacks no longer flying proudly over Northern Ireland were it not for the fact that they had it so good for so long -- and still do in terms of lording it over nationalists when it comes to symbolsDanny Morrison, writer and former Sinn Fein political figure put it beautifully recently when he compared the place names of Belfast and showed just how dominant the unionist tradition remainsIf you’re a nationalist in his imaginary board game he says “You can't use the Queen Elizabeth Bridge, the Queen's Bridge, the Albert Bridge, the King's Bridge, Victoria Street, Prince's Street, Queen Street, King Street, Albert Street, the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital, a helicopter from the Kings Hall, Lower Windsor Avenue, the fields behind the Royal Academy Nor can you be disguised as a prostitute from the Albert Clock, a student from Queen's, a worker with Royal Mail, a violinist with the Royal School of Music, a Queen's Counsel, a (former) member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a screw of Her Majesty's Prison Service, a soldier with Her Majesty's armed forces, a Crown Court judge READ MORE

Irish American actress Jessica Chastain is shocked to be considered a sex symbol (IrishCentral)

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:01:17 PST

Jessica ChastainThe sultry redhead - who is famous for her roles in 'The Help', 'The Debt' and 'Lawless' - doesn't see herself as object of desire having been a tomboy as a child and she is always surprised when she is told she is attractiveSpeaking in the new issue of the UK edition of GQ magazine, she said: "When someone tells me I'm a sex symbol I'm like, 'What?' But I'll take what I can get That'll teach all those boys back in junior high [school] In fact, I hope my very first boyfriend, the guy I dated for one month and who broke up with me at the Valentine's Day dance - I hope that boy reads this!"Although she doesn't think of herself as any man's dream woman, Jessica does enjoy getting flattering comments from the opposite sex READ MORE

Adamstown, Dublin stands as a symbol of the Celtic Tiger collapse (IrishCentral)

Mon, 07 May 2012 04:44:54 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Adamstown, just 15 minutes outside of Dublin, was first developed in the now bygone better times of the Celtic Tiger in order to help alleviate the growing population of Dublin at the time. Now, though, Adamstown, once promised to be a bustling and vibrant suburb, now has only a fraction of what it had initially marketed itself to be.

Return the Ballyvaughan road sign now - controversy over removal errupts in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:20:08 PDT

Do you know it defies belief, when every man woman and child in this country is putting their best foot forward to recover from our economic woes that the government pulls the rug from under us, yet againThis time its one of those ‘jobs worth’ moments when the NRA (National Roads Authority) have simply removed an iconic sign that has been standing at the crossroads in Ballyvaughan for over 30 years Possibly the most photographed road sign in Ireland, as one protester rightly put it, more ‘folk art’ then actual road signage It is located along what Conde Nast has described as one of the Top 10 road trips in the world, out to Doolin via Blackhead READ MORE

Glasnevin Museum - tracing your Irish roots (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:50:05 PDT

Glasnevin Cemetery is not where you might expect to find Ireland’s only Thea award winning visitor attraction and in fairness, not what I would normally recommend as a family day out? But the new museum at Glasnevin is so good, it’s hard to put into wordsDeath is something we all have to face at some stage and far from being macabre or morbid, the Trust’s imaginative, sensitive and respectful handling of a difficult subject is to be applauded along with all the other accolades it has picked up since it opened in 2010Every Dubliner has some connection with Glasnevin and their excellent new online genealogy service is helping people from all over the world retrace their Irish roots And to celebrate their first birthday the Glasnevin Museum are giving away 10 free vouchers to their Irish American friends for the best comments on this post READ MORE

Irish Holy Well, pagan origins - christian cures.... (IrishCentral)

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:50:05 PST

There are 100’s of holy wells all over of Ireland, sacred places since long before they were credited with the Christian saints names they bear today and are well worth a pause and a prayer if you are lucky enough to come across one of them ‘Tobar’ is the Irish word for well, so anywhere with a name that ends in ‘tubber’ as in Baile an Tobair (the town of the well) or Ballintubber is bound to have one, most likely close to the church (where Pierce Brosnan got married) or graveyardOthers, you will spot these easily enough by the roadside, as they are often adorned with statues, colourful (plastic)flowers and dozens of rosary beads But many more you will have to ask about locally to get directions and possibly hike over some muddy fields and ditches to get to them READ MORE

Symbolic Irish emigrant vote gives Fine Gael victory (IrishCentral)

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:50:45 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Irish emigrants voted Fine Gael as the biggest party in Ballotbox.ie’s poll of Irish abroad. Enda Kenny’s party won 63 seats in the symbolic survey of 5,580 emigrants.

Symbolic voting begins for Irish emigrants living abroad (IrishCentral)

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:09:35 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Symbolic emigrant vote in the Irish General Election welcomed (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:01:48 PST

By: DEBBIE MC GOLDRICK

The initiative by a group of young Irish emigrants based in Canada to create a forum for the Irish abroad to cast a symbolic vote in the upcoming election in Ireland is a welcome one.

New website allows emigrant Irish to cast symbolic votes - SEE POLL (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:17:10 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

The mystery of Celtic and Irish symbols (IrishCentral)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:48:09 PST

By: ANTIONETTE KELLY

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