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.

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.

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.

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.

The great review in The New York Times on Monday for "The New Electric Ballroom," the new play by Irish playwright Enda Walsh, further reinforces the remarkable story of Irish success in New York in recent years.

“Ardnaglass On The Air,” the comedy farce by Jimmy Kerr and directed by critically acclaimed writer and actress Geraldine Hughes, will be presented as a fundraiser by the New York Irish Center.

A special Mass was held in Thurles Sunday to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Irish American Leadership Council took place last Friday in New York, with a robust exchange of ideas among members and Irish government leaders on how to maximize the multi-tiered relationship between Ireland and the Irish community in the U.S.

To get started with your own literary tour of Ireland here’s a list of the 10 top annual Irish literary festivals to check out. Pick any one of them and in no time you’ll be completely absorbed by Irish culture and craic.

During his visit to the U.S. last week, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin announced the allocation of $2.68 million in grants for Irish organizations throughout the U.S. The Emigrant Support Program, managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs, provides the grants.

South Bend, Indiana -- Notre Dame is about much more than a football team. That can be hard to understand on a glorious fall weekend when this beautiful campus is garbed in autumn shades, and tens of thousands of fans as well as national television are on hand for the annual smackdown with

Typical! An American may yet help save the Irish language which is danger of certain death in Ireland. Des Bishop is a well known stand-up comedian, which gives him a platform to reach out to those teenagers and 20-somethings, so many of whom detest the thought of Irish.

Caroline Kennedy will headline an Irish rally for New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, who is facing a tough battle in his re-election race. The rally will take place on October 21st in Belmar, New Jersey. The town is in the center of the Spring Lake area, which is a large center of Irish American population.

On Saturday, October 17, rain or shine, the Shannon Gaels Gaelic football club of Queens will host its first annual field day in Sunnyside Gardens Park (49th Street and 39th Avenue). The special guest will be New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Ireland’s gorgeous landscape and mild year-round temperatures make it the perfect location for a hike or stroll. The quiet country roads of Ireland are perfect for casual walkers, while the mountains and forests provide great trails for extreme hikers.

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has been named Grand Marshal the 2010 St. Patrick's day Parade in New York.

He’s American and Korean, but U.S. Army Sergeant Seamus O’Fianghusa considers himself an Irishman through and through. As the fluent Gaelic speaker prepares for a deployment to Afghanistan, he talks about his love for all things Irish.

The NUI college of Maynooth conferred an honorary degree on Micheál Ó Ceárna for a lifetime of service to the Irish language and his work on campaigning for the preservation of the Great Blasket Island off the coast of Country

Gabriel Byrne may have missed out on an Emmy win for his starring role in “In Treatment,” but the Irish still shone on Emmy night with Irish favorite Brendan Gleeson taking home the globe.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Michéal Martin writes about the Global Irish Economic Forum that is being held in Dublin from September 18-20

The Reidy family surname (also Reedy, Riedy, Reid, and O'Reidy) is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic name Riada. The family was part of the Dalcassian sept and in early Gaelic times lived in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster counties of Clare and Kerry.

Keough, Keogh, Kehoe, O'Hoey, Hoy, Haughy, Haugh and MacKeogh are all derivatives of the Irish surname Mac Eochaidh. The clan originated in Leinster, and the name is common in County Wexford, and in the Munster counties of Limerick and Tipperary, where the Irish spelling is MagCeoch or MacCeoch. In medieval times the MacKeoghs from Leinster moved from Kildare to Wicklow and then down to Wexford.

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that Irish native Declan Kelly, 41, will be the Obama administration's economic envoy to Northern Ireland, a position first created for Sen. George Mitchell during the Clinton administration.

Based on family names and individual stories, there are many hundreds of American dead with Irish heritage, including Americans who through parents or grandparents had become Irish citizens. 

This is a tribute to several of these brave Irish men and women.

The world-famous Guinness Storehouse in Dublin was Ireland’s most visited attraction last year, with over one million people entering through its doors.

Recently I took a ramble into New York City on a Saturday afternoon to take a look and listen at a session at Lillie’s, an Irish Victorian bar and restaurant named for the colorful and well traveled actress and socialite Lillie Langtry who bridged the 19th and 20th centuries.

Though Labor Day has passed, Irish festivals are still on tap for September and the cooler weather as much of the music shifts to indoor venues. Here’s a look at some things to keep in mind.

THE Irish government has measured up to its recent statements about the importance of the global Irish by scheduling a high profile conference for the weekend of September 18 in Dublin. The reaction to the government invitation to its forum has been excellent, with over 180 business leaders from all corners of the globe agreeing to attend in what will surely be an historic weekend.

Hollywood cliques have been around for decades. But it’s time for the Rats, Brats and Frat boys to move over – because here comes the Pat Pack.

Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Richard Egan, who killed himself last weekend in his Boston apartment, was a deeply unhappy diplomat in Ireland.

Belfast, Northern Ireland’s most populous city, offers the buzz and vibrancy of a capital city while being a gateway to the rural retreat of Northern Ireland.

The 10th annual Wee Craic Fest is almost upon us. Younger sibling of the annual Irish Film Fleadh, the September 17 one-night only event is a special showcase of the best of new Irish music and short films.

An elite group of the nation's top Irish-American business leaders were honored Monday evening at the prestigious Wall Street 50 annual awards dinner, co-hosted by Irish America magazine and business communications firm FTI. Now in its 12th year, the event recognizes the honorees' outstanding achievements, business successes, civic accomplishments and commitment to their Irish heritage as criteria for their inclusion on the distinguished annual list. Held at the famed

No family has dominated American politics more in this century than the Kennedys, a clan which influenced the shaping of a nation to a degree rarely matched.

Padraig Harrington was the special guest as an array of top Irish American and Irish born business men and women gathered at the New York Yacht Club in midtown Manhattan on Monday night to celebrate the 12th annual Wall Street 50 annual awards dinner, co-hosted by Irish America magazine and business communications firm FTI.

An elite group of the nation’s top Irish-American business leaders will be honored this evening at the prestigious Wall Street 50 annual awards dinner, co-hosted by Irish America magazine and business communications firm FTI.

Why have certain Irish names, like Cornelius and Bridget, practically vanished over the past century and others, like Sean and Aoife, have taken such firm root in Ireland? This is what a new RTE documentary entitled “One Hundred Years of Names” set out to investigate, and the answers are fascinating.

Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle's chief protector, has mocked top Irish music promoter Louis Walsh for being biased towards Irish acts on Cowell’s music competition show “The X Factor.”

Stella O'Leary: Recently in The Irish Times, writer Niall Stanage declared the demise of the Irish vote in America. Stanage, from a Unionist background, may be working with an image of an earlier time, when all Irish American political needs were met by political dynasties, the Kennedys, the O'Neills, the Dodds, and in Chicago, the Daleys.

Reports have surfaced that Colin Farrell is expecting his second child with girlfriend Alicja Bachleda-Curus. The 26-year-old Polish actress, who co-stars with Farrell in the upcoming Neil Jordan-directed Irish film “Ondine,” was photographed at an airport sporting a large baby bump.

Video / Watch a clip from the sexy Irish film / Click here Once upon a time the Irish language or Gaelic was considered as part of a very conservative rural tradition in

Irish America Magazine columnist Edythe Preet has fond memories of her father’s favorite foods. Here's a recipe for the Irishman's favorite dessert, Strawberry Shortcake.

The 2009 Los Angeles Irish Film Festival has announced they will open with “The Eclipse,” the Conor McPherson movie starring Irish actor Ciaran Hinds and Irish-American acting favorite Aidan Quinn.

Many consider the original to be perfect, but “Ryan’s Daughter” star Sarah Miles has set out to pen a sequel to the classic Irish film. Miles’ agent announced that the English actress, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role as the unforgettable Rosy Ryan in the award winning film, is currently conducting research in Ireland for the sequel.

There's an old song with a clever rhyme that goes, "Oh why, oh why, Ohio?" And "why" is a question often asked at this time of year in Columbus, Ohio, which is having its Dublin Irish Festival this weekend. Its motto is "like Irelend, except smaller." Well, not just smaller. While there are plenty of suds to quaff, no Irish beer is permitted.

The Toronto Film festival, which takes place from September 10-20, will see a plethora to top Irish acting talent in attendance as Hollywood's top Irish stars are slated to turn up to support their respective movies.

Cahir O'Doherty talks to Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnall, the Irish writer and producer behind the new film Wake Wood, and the Dublin-based production Company Fantastic Films, their all-Irish film company devoted to tales of horror and the supernatural.

Ian Worpole talks to Frankie Gavin about a lifetime playing the fiddle and and a new beginning with a great band.

Let’s set off on a journey through the Shannon region, a joyrney that will expose us to different eras of Irish history and different aspects of modern-day Irish culture in an area that encompasses counties Clare, Limerick, North Tipperary, South Offaly and North Kerry. In this feature we will explore the delights of County Clare. Don’t worry about the jet lag. Your sense of time is about to be scrambled as it is!