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Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly polishes Notre Dame helmets -- Lost bet over USC game and forced to clean helmets of Irish players (IrishCentral)

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:01:36 PST

Sports Illustrated top columnist Rick Reilly patching up Notre Dame helmetsLegendary Sports Illustrated top columnist Rick Reilly was forced to admit he has been wrong about Notre Dame football all year-- and he has the polished helmets to prove itReilly told his twitter feed that he would polish every helmet at Notre Dame if they defeated USC in their final gameThey did; 22-13So last week Reilly was forced to fly to South Bend and polish, or rather patch as it is these days, every helmet in the place READ MORE

Illustration of 8 foot 1 inch ‘Irish Giant’ found among 'freaks' in 200-year-old book (IrishCentral)

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:48:45 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

A 200-year-old book featuring illustrations of an Irish Giant and a Hairy Girl among “freaks, swindlers, murderers and eccentrics” of the 19th century, will be sold at auction for $645 (£400).

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Star Manti Te’o lands the cover of Sports Illustrated (IrishCentral)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:55:17 PDT

By: BRYAN FITZGERALD

The All-American Linebacker is profiled in his leading Notre Dame back to national prominence.

Irish graphic novel illustrates Father Frank Browne’s Titanic experience (IrishCentral)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:36:17 PDT

By: HILDA HIGGINS

Visit our Titanic Centenary Commemoration section here

"Hunger Games" High for Irish American Artist (IrishCentral)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:30:17 PDT

You see the work of illustrator Tim O'Brien on the covers of TIME, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Harper's, in advertising and on book jacketsThanks to one series of book jackets, an expanding universe of people are enjoying his art, especially starting today, opening day for the film, "The Hunger Games"Tim wrote: "The artwork for the Suzanne Collins novel, "The Hunger Games" was an illustration done in 2008 Since then I did all three covers for the series and now my artwork/design is featured on the movie poster and as a pin IN the movie "The Hunger Games," opening nationwide 3/23/12 READ MORE

Emigration again - massive crowd as Irish work abroad jobs expos illustrate the truth (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:21:41 PST

By: Irish Voice Editorial

The sight of 20,000 or so young Irish people lining up at job fairs for Canada, Australia and other foreign parts is a sad one.

Talk of a Kennedy curse is nonsense, latest death of Kara revives idle chatter (IrishCentral)

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:25:08 PDT

The latest Kennedy tragedy to hit, the death of Kara Kennedy, just 51, once more reveals how much this great family has sufferedUntimely deaths run like a river through the history of the family and Kara is no exceptionTed’s two other kids, Ted Junior, who lost a leg to cancer and Patrick who has had major substance abuse and alcohol issues illustrates just how tough the battle has been for the younger generationJohn Kennedy Junior was also a casualty of course, dying far too young in that Martha’s Vineyard plane crash READ MORE

The Leaving’s over the leaving is just begun - the end of Ireland’s summer (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:55:23 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewThe Dutch Nation's gorgeously accented voice comes down the phone, and her car has blown up in smoke and steam in the depths of Co Limerick when driving to work in Newcastle WestShe had contacted the Automobile Association and they would rescue the poor old Volkswagen and, please, would I rescue her and her colleague I am putty in her gentle hands so I'm on the road in minutes READ MORE

Memories of a devastated New York City on 9/11’s 10th anniversary (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:40:25 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewI was on air in the Clare FM studios in Ennis when it happened The discussion on the current affairs show was about coping with bereavement when the newsroom advised me on the headphones that a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers in New YorkWe switched on the mute TV screen in the studio in time to watch what might have been a tragic accident evolving into an atrocity in apparent slow-mo over New YorkTears began running down the cheeks of the bereavement counselor READ MORE

Family, funerals and a witch (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:10:29 PDT

Illustration by Caty Bartholomew Meandering merrily away this week, I find myself in Listowel trying to meet brother Mickie and, as always, discovering that he, like myself, is rarely at home in the summerMaura tells me he is down in John B Keane's pub for one of the pub theater nights there, feeds me with a mighty fry and all the Kerry news, and releases me into the evening againThe aura and spirit of John B READ MORE

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

More midsummer meanderings from the west of Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:40:23 PDT

Illustration by Caty Bartholomew…And I meet the Bard of Mologga in Mitchelstown, the genuine 100 carat Gas Character running on a full cylinder of laughing gas, and I think, watching him effortlessly capture the attention of a room full of visitors, just how important it is to us as a tourism economy that we still breed Irishmen (and women) like thisThe best of them represent whatever it is that makes the Irish different to all other Europeans The best of them, in full flight, catch the mystery and somehow the magicality of us crazy CeltsThey are getting scarcer, these lone ones READ MORE

All kinds of things to do in the west of Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:55:26 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewMy midsummer meanderings continue READ MORE

Making money from Ireland's bog (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:25:27 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewThere is a young farmer over in the Sixmilebridge area who is doing a roaring trade these weeks in a most entrepreneurial fashion Because of his brainpower folk are now able to save their own turf without having to go anywhere near a bog!In these strange times when old rituals are being broken about every week by new European regulations, it is becoming increasingly difficult for traditional bogmen to cut their own turf It has something to do with protecting the dwindling number of raised bogs in Europe, not really applicable to Ireland of the endless bogs at allWe are threatened with fines costing millions if we break the rules READ MORE

Lots of summer living ahead in Ireland this year (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:10:25 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewIncredibly the summer reaches its peak with the longest day, and already we are heading towards shorter days and longer nightsAs one ages the years seem to speed up alarmingly I will be a hundred before I know it!In the meantime there is a lot of living to do That is very necessary altogether READ MORE

Driven to distraction by cats and dogs and sadness (IrishCentral)

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:29:48 PDT

Illustration by Caty BartholomewMidsummer hours and it is humid and somnolent in Clare this afternoon, the rooks flying high, the swallows flying low, the silver birds out of Shannon Airport taking off with hoarse throats, and it is raining cats and dogs and that's appropriate for me just now The welfare of our cats and dogs is high on the agenda in the cottageOur 16-year old black terrier Friday is famous in the parish They call her Cormac's Roundabout because she sits in the center of the road daily and traffic has to negotiate around her READ MORE

Historical St. Patrick’s Day illustrations are discovered - SEE PHOTOS (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:27:35 PST

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Historical early 1900s St Patrick’s Day illustrations (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:19:03 PST

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New study illustrates the drop-off of Irish in the U.S. Catholic Church (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:13:04 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The author of “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us” has said that 60% of Catholic Mass goers under 30 in the United States are Latinos.

Mark Wahlberg makes the front cover of Sports Illustrated (IrishCentral)

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:45:06 PST

Mark Wahlberg will hitting newsstands in the coming days on the cover of Sports Illustrated“The Fighter” star is set to feature on the cover of the magazine which has been named as "the best sports movie of the decade" by SIThe cover photo shows the 39-year-old actor shirtless in his Everlast boxing shorts and gloves and is one of the rare times the magazine has featured a non-athlete on the cover Wahlberg’s co-star in the film, Christian Bale, also poses with Boston actor on the cover READ MORE