Happy Thanksgiving! Here's Chef Michael Gilligan's delicious recipe for roast turkey with sage and onion stuffing.

One time of the year seems to bring out the carnival spirit in the Irish more than any other: the seven short days between Christmas and New Years. Of course, this being Ireland, there are centuries old Irish traditions to follow too, if you want to spend your Christmas like a local, that is. Here’s Irish Central’s list of 10 Irish Christmas Traditions.

In hard times even Santa feels the pinch. That’s the message of “Santa and the Recession,” a timely new book for children written and illustrated in Ireland (where the recession is biting harder than most places).

Finding Jews in Ireland is not an easy task. Of Ireland’s 4.4 million people, only 2,000 or so are Jewish. But finding a menorah, the eight branched candle that celebrates Hanukkah – that’s a cinch.

Robert Pattinson's "New Moon" director thought it would be "creepy and inappropriate" to tell him how to kiss Kristen Stewart.

Ungaro's chairman is desperate to axe Lindsay Lohan's contract with the label. The “Mean Girls” actress' debut collection for the French fashion house was a critical flop.

Niall O'Dowd: Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, has spoken out on the need for Catholic and Anglican dialogue. That all sounds very reasonable, but Williams is head of the Established Church which stopped at nothing in its day to end Catholicism as we now know it. They made Pope Benedict's efforts to win over Anglicans look like a child's tea party. Today's Anglicans may well be saying why "can't we all get along" but their predecessors were utterly savage in their fury towards Catholics.

Ambassador Rooney was on a visit to Kilkenny city Wednesday, November 18, home to the tomb of Obama's long lost relative, Bishop John Kearney. He said he has asked Obama to visit Ireland.

Mariah Carey’s request to have 20 white kittens at a Christmas lights switch-on has been blocked.

American football star Tom Brady won't let Gisele Bundchen choose his clothes.

United States Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley were among the distinguished guests at the Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 reception held last Wednesday evening, November 11, at the Washington, D.C. residence of the Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Collins.

Father Francis Markey, 81, an elderly Irish priest based in Indiana, was released from jail on bail on Tuesday pending an extradition hearing later this week.

Here at IrishCentral we believe that whenever possible a terrific recipe should be tried and tested by us before we offer to you. That’s the case with this particular recipe, which has passed our own taste test with flying colors, probably because it’s been created by Jamie Oliver, one of the world’s most famous chef’s, for his latest book "Jamie’s Food Revolution."

Ronan Keating says spending the night with Stephen Gately’s body was a “beautiful” experience.

Gerard Butler had to have an on-set chaperone to stop him from eating cupcakes to keep him in movie star shape.

A $2 million dollar study commissioned by Roman Catholic Bishops at the height of the Church’s sexual abuse scandal in the U.S. has found no connection between sexual orientation and abuse of children by clergy.

This year the Boston Irish Film Festival present a unique multimedia event that takes you back to the early 1910s when pioneering screenwriter/actress Gene Gauntier and director Sidney Olcott of the Kalem Film Company blazed a trail from New York to Killarney—and into history.

Irish dad Damien Gillan, a self-employed plasterer, has won $230,000 in the Northern Irish lottery.

Lonely Planet's best in Travel 2009 names the Clare cycling route in Ireland among the greatest alongside similar routes in Vietnam, Cuba, New Zealand and Australia.

Travel to Ireland is on a downward curve this year. Tourism Ireland reports that “the first 10 months of 2009 have proven to be a very tough period for tourism to the island of Ireland, and for tourism worldwide.”

A popular Irish Catholic priest has quit the priesthood to spend his life with a woman. Fr. Sean McKenna, 51, received a standing ovation from his local parishioners in Derry when he made the announcement. The congregation wept and cheered when McKenna said he was leaving the priesthood, having embarked on a "loving, beautiful and life-giving relationship."

Emmy award winning actor Brendan Gleeson has confessed he was deeply worried about playing Winston Churchill in the HBO film “Into the Storm” that won him the award.

A recipe for an interesting twist on a delicious classic Thanksgiving side dish: sweet potatoes.

Looking for a veggie side dish for this year's Thanksgiving dinner? How about spicing up some delicious Brussells sprouts!

There are barely enough priests to preach in Dublin's 199 parishes. According to Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, “We have 46 priests over 80 and only two less than 35 years of age. In a very short time we will just have the bare number of priests required to have one active priest for each of our 199 parishes."

There are few countries that celebrate a cozier, put-your-feet-up Christmas than Ireland. With its family-oriented culture and the legendary friendliness of its people, spending the holidays in Ireland is one of the most rewarding decisions you could ever make.

An Australian farmer has handed over a skull which he says belongs to the legendary Irish bushranger Ned Kelly (no relation!) The farmer, Tom Baxter, says the skull is the one stolen in 1978 from a display case at the

Bridget English/ An American Student In Ireland: “You can tell Americans,” my Irish friend told me in the pub one night. “they look different, and not just the way they dress. It’s the features. Even if you put an Irish person in American clothes I could tell. And the teeth. Like you, you have very American teeth.”

The Irish Arts Center’s inaugural Irish Poetry Festival was a standing room only event last Saturday in New York, proving that the demand for a forum for Irish verse is as strong as ever.

Certainly Irish leaders are called on to comment on everything, but Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen probably took it a bit too far when he answered a question about “Jedward."

A man has been arrested for the murder of undercover British army officer Robert Nairac, one of the most infamous killings of the Troubles during the 1970s.

Irish Voice Senior Editor Debbie McGoldrick answers your immigration questions, queries and concerns. This week: Marriage Visas and Employment Green Cards

Irish America magazine, our sister publication, celebrated 25 years in style last week. We started all those years ago with a cover story that featured five leading Irish Americans - Tip O’Neill, Ronald Reagan, John McEnroe, Maureen O’Hara and Ted Kennedy.

Robert Pattinson says he was mortified by the rumors that were floating around about him and Megan Fox going on a “cheesy” date.

Niall O'Dowd: "2012," the new blockbuster movie from director Roland Emmerich about the end of the world, is clearly anti-Catholic. It stars Irish-American actor John Cusack, who is obviously along for the payday. | WITH TRAILER

Dina Lohan alleges her daughter Lindsay was romantically involved with Heath Ledger when he died of an accidental drug overdose in January 2008 and has never fully recovered from his death.

Don't miss IrishCentral's first-ever New York City networking, partying — and drinking / good times — event, the Irish "Click." We're expecting lots of New York Irish and Irish Americans — and maybe a few visitors from the Auld Sod — to join us for a $2-a-drink party at O'Neill's Bar on Thursday in Midtown Manhattan.

Sometimes when you get chatting to a person who has emigrated from Ireland, you can catch a glimpse of the country’s own evolution over the last thirty or so years. That’s very much the case with Buncrana, County Donegal man Turlough McConnell, whose writing and music took him first to Dublin and then on to New York.

Thanksgiving's coming up in just a couple of weeks, so we're going to continue preparing for the big meal and make some awesome cranberry sauce with port and apricots.

For most people the thing that makes the Thanksgiving meal is the sides, whether it is cranberry sauce out of the can or aunt fanny’s green bean casserole, but this year you are going to dazzle your friends and family with a great stuffing made with Italian sausage and apples.

The 57-year-old actor - who thought his career was over before starring in 'The Wrestler', which saw him nominated for the Best Actor Oscar at this year's Academy Awards - says the only people he could rely on were his beloved pooches.

The police officer responsible for shooting the attacker at the massacre in the Fort Hood army base used to work in an Irish pub in Newton, Massachusetts, it was revealed.

When Susan Boyle emerged on the scene, many were simply blown away by her singing ability, but some were more interested in teasing her about her looks. Now the star talks about her transformation.

Meet the Irish American Princess. She’s Catholic, she’s wealthy, she’s popular – and she’s way out of your league.

A blistering attack has been launched by the manager of Knock Shrine against thousands of pilgrims who stampeded and left the place “in a terrible state” on Sunday in the hopes of seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary.

Funny man Will Ferrell wants to buy his very own British pub wants to buy his own traditional English (not Irish?!) inn close to the west London home of his favorite soccer team, Chelsea.

Gerard Butler, who has been romantically linked to celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, says there is no pattern to the type of women he dates but they are usually “too crazy” for him to handle.

For the first time ever, the owners of the famous Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in the North have decided to scoff at the wind and rain of a typical Irish winter and keep the daredevil tourist attraction open all year round.

The Irish have made their mark on Manhattan for centuries, building the skyscrapers, policing the streets and eventually running city hall. That’s why when you visit the Big Apple you won’t be short of fascinating historical sites of enduring importance to the Irish.

There’s never been a shortage of mystical visionaries in Ireland, or of dramatic, life-changing apparitions for them to gawk at. Some claim to have witnessed the sun dance, the clouds part and the entire Holy Family appear, others simply claim to have seen a holy statue move its head.