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Travel

Where’s the most perfect place in the world to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?

To have a St. Patrick’s Day you’ll never forget, you’ll want to be right in the heart of it all: in Ireland, in Dublin, at the Guinness Storehouse.

Entertainment

Entertainment

Riverdance is coming to the big screen!

Tickets are now on sale for the cinema release of the Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show, coming to theaters just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Food & Drink

Food & Drink

The world's most expensive Irish whiskey is now for sale

Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Chapter One retails for $35k and is part of the world's oldest Irish whiskey collection.

Community

Community

Global GAA: Meet the biggest GAA club outside of Ireland

Rockland GAA, located in Orangeburg, New York, is one of the foremost clubs in the New York region. With a large cohort of home-grown players, it is one of the most important for New York GAA's continued development.

Entertainment

Entertainment

Stars set to gather for Gradam Ceoil music showcase in Belfast

Stars from across music, film, sport and civic society will assemble in Belfast for the 2020 Gradam Ceoil music award.

Food & Drink

Food & Drink

Bailey’s chocolate chip ice cream pie recipe

Well, guess what we'll be wishing for as dessert on St. Patricks's Day?

Food & Drink

Food & Drink

Roz Purcell's healthy cookie recipe for Chocolate Mint Day

February 19 is Chocolate Mint Day! We found the perfect and slightly healthier version of an Irish favorite, the Viscount cookie, provided by Irish model turned dietician Rozanna Purcell.

Culture

“Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling” is IrishCentral's February Book of the Month

"Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling" by Irish authors Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght is IrishCentral's February Book of the Month

Culture

Osaka and Japan's outreach to LGBT tourism is a model for Ireland to replicate

Ireland's groundbreaking marriage equality vote will be five years old this May - but have you seen one major ad campaign to attract the sought after LGBT tourist market to our shores? Osaka, Japan is ahead of the game and is showing how it's done.

Entertainment

New true-crime podcast - An Irish homeless serial killer in London

New podcast: A homeless Irishman kills multiple times without detection, unseen in a world where nobody seems to care.

Entertainment

Riverdance animated movie coming soon

An animated film inspired by Riverdance is in the works and is expected to hit theaters this year.

Entertainment

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Driver to film in Ireland - and they're looking for extras!

“The Last Duel,” starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Adam Driver, is filming in Ireland and is on the hunt for Irish extras.

Culture

Lincoln and the Irish, the untold story revealed

New book by Niall O'Dowd reveals the untold story of Abraham Lincoln and the Irish during the Civil War.

Craic

St. Patrick's Day shenanigans - how to make a leprechaun trap!

The latest St. Patrick’s Day trend in the US will have you running for the glitter and glue.

Entertainment

Oscars' first female conductor from Galway wants to inspire little Irish girls

Galway-born conductor Eimear Noone, who became the first female conductor to perform at the Oscars last week, said that she hoped she could inspire young Irish girls to follow in her footsteps.

Roots

One third of Irish people believe Leprechauns exist

A survey in Ireland found that one-third of Irish people believe leprechauns exist. Do you believe in leprechauns?

Culture

Why Steve Coogan sang Come Out Ye Black and Tans on BBC

Steve Coogan has revealed the reason behind his now famous performance of Come Out Ye Black and Tans on the show This Time with Alan Partridge on prime time BBC. The performance was one of the most popular scenes from the entire season.

Food & Drink

This Guinness milkshake recipe is perfect for St. Patrick's Day

The Guinness milkshake is a perfect fun, adult idea as an alternative St. Patrick's Day recipe.

Culture

Remembering 'Miss Bluebell's' courageous love on Saint Valentine's

On Saint Valentine’s Day, I want to pay homage to Margaret Kelly 'Miss Bluebell' (1910-2004) an Irish dancer who founded the Parisian ‘Bluebell Girls’ Lido dance troupe and so much more...

Food & Drink

Irish whiskey sales in US on the up as American spirits exports plunge due to tariffs

Irish whiskey sales in the US topped out at over $1.1 billion in a record-breaking year, while a new EU tariff caused American spirit sales to plummet in Europe.

Community

Savannah changes format of its St. Patrick's Parade and Festival

Savannah, Georgia will be hosting its parade, the second biggest St. Patrick's Day parade in the US, on March 17 as usual, but will also be holding a St Patrick's Day festival the weekend before.

Cahir O'Doherty