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  1. Notre Dame’s Clausen needs a Heisman year
    July 13, 09

    Notre Dame’s season this year will depend on how well junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen performs. The California blond QB is bigger, taller, and stronger than his freshman and sophomore years -- but the big questions will be can he have a Heisman type year and live up to the hype that has surrounded him since

  2. Summer reading: Irish beach books
    July 11, 09

    Any avid reader or casual book fan who plans a getaway to the beach during the summer is sure to pack one essential item: the perfect beach read. IrishCentral has compiled recent Irish and Irish-American releases (and re-releases) that would make the perfect beach books.

  3. Review of the latest Irish non-fiction books
    May 28, 09

    Tom Deignan reviews a selection of recently published non-fiction books of Irish and Irish-American interest.

  4. Olivia Wilde beats Megan Fox in Maxim Hottest Woman list
    May 14, 09

    Irish American actress Olivia Wilde is the sexiest woman of the year according to Maxim magazine. Wilde beat out "Transformers" star Megan Fox and Sports Illustrated’s newest swimsuit cover girl, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend, Bar Refaeli for the coveted spot in the Maxim Hot 100

  5. Standing up for Tommy Smyth
    April 17, 09

    The blog world is beating down on ESPN soccer commentator Tommy Smyth, but there are two sides to every onion bag.

  6. Celtic Tiger McIlroy poster boy for peace in Northern Ireland
    April 08, 09

    Rory McIlroy, the 19-year-old golfing sensation who played in the U.S. Masters this week, represents the best of post-conflict Northern Ireland. Raised as a Catholic, he grew up in a mainly Protestant Belfast suburb called Holywood, and attended a non-denominational school.

  7. Celtic Tiger McIlroy poster boy for peace in Northern Ireland
    April 08, 09

    Rory McIlroy, the 19-year-old golfing sensation who played in the U.S. Masters this week, represents the best of post-conflict Northern Ireland. Raised as a Catholic, he grew up in a mainly Protestant Belfast suburb called Holywood, and attended a non-denominational school.

  8. New Irish non-fiction
    March 13, 09

    A round up of recently published Irish--themed books

  9. Ancestral Links By John Garrity
    March 10, 09

    Ireland is as famed for its majestic golf courses as it is for its writers. In "Ancestral Links" we join one man - John Garrity, a writer for "Sports Illustrated" and "Golf Magazine" - as he returns to the northwest of Ireland (where his great-grandfather once left for America) that is now home to an unforgettable golf course. Part memoir and part travelogue, this is a book for golf enthusiasts and for all those who treasure Ireland's remarkable golf courses.

  10. The O'Reilly clan
    March 09, 09

    The O'Reilly family name is derived from the Gaelic "O'Raghailligh," meaning descendants of Raghaillach. The O'Reillys were the most powerful sept of the old Gaelic kingdom of Breffny (Cavan and the surrounding counties), and the family is still prominent in the area. The family has a proud religious tradition.







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