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Irish International Immigrant Center's Autumn Citizenship Class Starts October 11th 2012 (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:48:11 PDT

Are you interested in becoming a US Citizen? If you need to begin your application for citizenship, our Immigration and Citizenship Services staff can help you through the whole process Start by joining us at the Irish International Immigrant Center and register for citizenship classes to prepare for the citizenship exam and interview READ MORE

Autumn beckons as farmers headed to Listowel races -- Race meeting captured harvest time celebration and craic (IrishCentral)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:47:32 PDT

The Listowel RacesYou can feel the change in the air here with the last week, that lovely smell of autumn Autumn smells different in the city, usually of burning coal or whatever they burn in their fireplacesDown the country it feels fresh, where a shower of rain could knock the cobwebs out of you very fast September is a beautiful, but very strange month READ MORE

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly set to marry before autumn (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:15:17 PDT

Angelina Jolie and Brad PittThe couple – who are rumoured to be expecting twin boys – apparently want to tie the knot in time for the arrival of the babies later this yearA source said: "Angie is expecting twins this fall, so it is making them feel a time crunch They decided they'd both like to welcome their twin boys to the world as man and wife, which means the wedding has to happen fairly soon“They've both realised how much they want to be together READ MORE

Escape to the countryside with a fall break in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:45:19 PDT

Isn't Autumn just the perfect time for a short break away in the country?Summer is long gone and our thoughts are turning inwards to cosying up in front of a crackling log fire with a nice hot whiskey having perhaps tramped through a thick carpet of leaves in an ancient beech woodIreland has many beautiful forests, national parks and leafy lanes bordering ancient riverside walks that wind their way through quaint little Irish villages that thankfully have retained their rural charm Old fashioned, meaty butchers sport big roasts, proper sausages and locally caught game if you are lucky The smell of freshly baked bread and cakes (you can forget your diet on a weekend away in Ireland) wafts out of small bakeries turned coffee shops where you can sit and people-watch a different kind of lifestyle altogether READ MORE

Back to school is no longer tough (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:15:26 PDT

Like so many dads, I find myself this past Sunday in an outlet mall with my elbows hooked around the back of a bench while my girls diminish my net wealth by the millisecondThere’s a heightened sense of urgency around back to school shopping this year for three reasons -- the hurricane wiped out a whole week of buying, the first day of autumn marks a new season, and one daughter is obsessed with getting her look right as she steps into high school for the first time As they ping-pong between stores and the bags at my feet pile up, I can’t help but be envious at the choices they have at this ageBoth girls are zaftig, just like their mom and dad were in their teens READ MORE

New England autumn Irish dance competition - PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:30:26 PDT

Top Four Open Champions under 13New England Autumn Feishosted by Clifden Academy and Dunleavy Shaffer School9/25/2011The Dunleavy Shaffer School of Irish Dance together with the Clifden Academy of Irish Dance hosted its first ever Irish dancing competition, the New England Autumn Feis in Marshfield, Massachusetts on Sunday Nearly 1,000 competitive Irish dancers, mainly from New England and metropolitan New York, converged on this quiet coastal town for New England's first feis of the new season Dunleavy Shaffer co-directors and TCRGs Suzanne Dunleavy McDonough and Theresa Shaffer Wilkinson, are both certified Irish dance instructors with An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha in Dublin, IrelandWith multiple stages located in Marshfield's Middle and High Schools, champion awards in an outside courtyard and dozens of volunteers wearing pumpkin-orange teeshirts, this feis ran as close to on time as possible READ MORE

Here comes the sun -- Irish summer finally arrives as Autumn begins (IrishCentral)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:52:04 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Ireland is finally getting some sunny weather --- despite the fact that October is quickly approaching.

The summer’s getting shorter (IrishCentral)

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:40:19 PDT

Illustration by Caty Bartholomew Meanderng away, though the days are shortening now and the apples on Maisie's old apple trees in the garden are becoming red-cheeked with the rapid approach of autumn, I am drawn again to Murrisk at the base of Croagh Patrick for the enduring fairytale that is Reek Sunday and the pilgrimage to the summit and Mass in the wee oratory up there that is the closest Mass to paradise in IrelandI've been up there more than 20 times, maybe 30, always in the line of reporting duties for newspapers and magazines now long gone, and it is my firm intent to climb the holy mountain againI put on my boots and take my pilgrim's staff and put Ciara's leather hat on my head and start off through the afternoon crowds with a light heart and step There are thousands gathering and climbing, just like always READ MORE

Irish Autumn pudding (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:01:11 PDT

By: CHEF MICHAEL GILLIGAN

This week sees the official start to autumn. Autumn starts on or around September 15, with this year being on the 22nd, and ends on about December 20 in solar terms.