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Rare vintage Irish-made American sports car, The Shamrock, goes on display in Dublin - PHOTO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:01:37 PST

The Shamrock - an Irish made American carAt next month’s RIAC National Classic Car Show at the RDS in Dublin, a running 17-foot Shamrock car will be on display Only a handful of the now vintage cars were ever madeEvent manager Bob Montgomery said, "Originally it was planned to produce about 10,000 cars a year from their Irish manufacturing plant Unfortunately, the project never got that far READ MORE

Here’s how my grandson will grow up - the joy and pride of a half-cracked elder clansman (IrishCentral)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:31:28 PST

Ach, let me tell ye about our youngest MacConnell clansman Ultan that I held in my grandfatherly grasp for the first time last week, and let me please go beyond that to show how "cracked" the clan are that the morsel is joining, God love him, and beyond that again to deal with the strange realities of me being a small bit fey -- the Scottish word for psychic -- and even beyond that again into the zone occupied by the genetic cargo in this modern IrelandFirst, and factually, permit me to remark that Ultan MacConnell, first child of my son Dara and his wife Aine, is an exceptionally beautiful baby by any standards He is only about nine weeks old and already is one of those rare babies who doesn’t wear the universal baby face His is countenance is already tracked with the best features of his lovely mother and handsome father, and he has avoided the Roman nose of his paternal grandfather READ MORE

Irish American surfer catches ‘world’s biggest wave’ off Portugal coast – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:11:14 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The record breaking Irish American surfer Garrett McNamara took on the “world’s biggest wave” off the coast of Portugal, at Nazare.

Property developer missing for eight months found wandering Leitrim road (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:37:12 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Irish police are mystified after a property developer missing for eight months was found wandering the road in Leitrim in a distressed state.

Irish Canadian man goes on YouTube to contest release of wife who hired a hitman to kill him - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:05:58 PST

By: IRISHCENTRAL STAFF

An Irish-Canadian man has posted a YouTube video in hopes of repairing his reputation after his estranged wife attempted to hire a hitman to kill him, but has since been released with no charges.

Contentious toddler beauty pageant set to go ahead in Ireland despite objections (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:04:51 PST

By: NICK BRAMHILL

Organizers of one of America's most controversial child pageants have announced plans to stage their first-ever Irish beauty contest this summer.

Will Ferrell’s “Funny or Die” goes after Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o’s fake online relationship - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:16:01 PST

Funny or Die's Manti Te'o sketchFunny or Die have decided to weigh in on the Manti Te’o fiasco, in their own hilarious way and have been presenting videos of the Notre Dame linebacker Beginning with an eHarmony ad and now a parody of the catfish trailer The Notre Dame linebacker hit the news earlier this week when it was revealed that his late girlfriend never existed, with Te’o claiming he was a victim of an elaborate hoaxNow, Funny or Die has uploaded a video with Te'o (Eugene Cordero) gushing about his relationship with Lennay Kekua, reports Digital Spy READ MORE

What makes Ireland’s history global - cast of heroes, villains, eccentrics and crackpots (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:34:20 PST

By: THOMAS BUTLER

I’m not sure if any people in the world have such a passion for history as the Irish. Maybe it’s an island thing but, with the year of the Gathering Ireland upon us, it becomes increasingly apparent that the history of Ireland is completely entwined with that of the Irish abroad, the people of Irish descent who are now scattered all over this globe.

Top 10 Irish jokes - a snippet of the wit and sharpness for St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral)

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:25:42 PST

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

Click here for IrishCentral's St. Patrick's Day section

Community pull together to rescue chatty parrot stolen from street side perch in Meath (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:27:27 PST

By: PADDY CLANCY

Pixie the parrot has a vocabulary of 2,000 words, but somehow he lacked the ability to screech for help when he was being stolen.

Horse and pig DNA found in Irish supermarkets’ beef burgers (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:06:51 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The Irish Food Safety Authority (FSAI) of Ireland has announced that horse and pig meat was found in some beef burgers in major Irish supermarkets.

Saddam Hussein’s son’s body double ‘in 11-year legal limbo’ over Irish citizenship (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:02:07 PST

By: RACHAEL LAIRD

Latif Yahia, an Iraqi exile who claims he was forced to become the body double of dictator Saddam Hussein’s playboy son Uday, says he is “in a legal limbo” as his fight to secure an Irish citizenship enters its 11th year.

Quentin Tarantino amazed by ‘Pulp Fiction Kerry Shtyle’ dubbed skit by Irish students - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:15:49 PST

Quentin TarantinoWhile chatting with late night host Graham Norton, ‘Django Unchained’ director Quentin Tarantino got a taste of his classic flick ‘Pulp Fiction’ with an Irish slantFilm students from Co Kerry dubbed over a scene from the film with thick Kerry accents, leaving director Tarantino quite impressedCheck out the video below READ MORE

Comedian posing as Irish dancer joins breakdancers on New York subway - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:16:25 PST

Comedian Tyler Fischer doing an "Irish jig" on an NYC subwayRunning into break dancers on a New York City subway is nothing for most native New Yorkers to bat an eye at However, for the break dancers to be upstaged by a faux Irish dancer? Comedian Tyler Fischer stole the spotlight from some break dancers on a subway recently when the music switched up to an Irish reel and Fleischer began to prance around the subway car“Look at him go! He’s a little leprechaun!” cheered on the break dancers who were presumably in on the stuntIn our opinion the best part of this video isn’t Fischer’s fly Irish dance skills but rather how completely unphased the New Yorkers on the subway are about what’s taking place READ MORE

Donald Trump presents birth certificate to Bill Maher to prove his father was not an orangutan - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:53:05 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The Donald doesn't like a challenge, particularly if it concerns his birth certificate.

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.

For cold and flu season, our top ten ancient Irish homemade remedies and health tips (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:49:43 PST

By: BERNIE MALONE

Shakespeare’s witches, with their "Eye of newt, and toe of frog”, could well have been related to some of our ancient Irish ancestors if some of these remedies are to be believed.

Notre Dames defeat by Alabama was God's plan, claims religious zealot - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:00:51 PST

William TapleyLet's face it, for most Notre Dame fans Monday night's national championship game felt like a three hour visit to the dentistThe Fighting Irish were, to put it mildly, routed And one rather strange man who predicted the outcome also claims he knows whyAlmighty God, claims William Tapley, is was sending America a stark message: President Obama is the Leopard, the fourth beast mentioned in the Book of Daniel READ MORE

Forget crisp sandwiches - they’ve finally invented a Tayto chocolate bar (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:15:44 PST

Tayto chocolate (Photo: @WaffleWaitress)We too were sucked in by the packaging but no this is not a crisp (chip) flavored chocolate bar but an invention brought forth by Mr Tayto to thrill the Irish around the globe who love to eat chocolate alongside their favorite cheese and onion treatsThe man himself spoke to TheJournalie and explained where this confusingly packed chocolate bar’s inception had sprung from He said “I thought that as crisps and chocolate together is such an Irish tradition, why not bring out my own bar? It’s not crisp flavored! Just nice milk chocolate so you can eat it with crisps if that floats your boat READ MORE

From the submarine to Guinness - top ten surprising Irish inventions for St. Patrick's Day (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:30:42 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

The underwater hairdryer, the inflatable dartboard the water proof teabag; the Irish get a fairly bad rap for being slightly dopey when it comes to the technical side of things.