Culture
Ireland's vibrant culture - from Irish customs and traditions, language, music, art, film and literature, Irish cuisine, and more.
The Trouble with Kenneth Branagh's Belfast
IrishCentral’s Book of the Month: “Being Irish” edited by Marie-Claire Logue
Treasure trove of Ireland’s national theatre goes up for auction next week
Irish authors and writers you should know, from James Joyce to Oscar Wilde
Supporters rally to protest Ireland's Great Hunger Museum closure
Exploring Elvis Presley’s Irish roots in County Wicklow
Spooky! Irish TV station pulls epic prank to celebrate Halloween
Mission on to save Dublin's legendary Cobblestone Pub
Aisling Irish Center in New York looks forward after 25 years
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- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
Craic
Ten monsters Ireland gave the world, from Dracula to the Mayo vampire
The Irish men we think deserve People's Sexiest Man Alive
Do you have news from your Irish community? Share it with our global audience
Turnip lanterns, false faces and a bin bag for a costume, Halloween in Ireland
The bonfires and black cats the Irish used to keep the fairies away on Samhain
Entertainment
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
"The secret's out!" Garth Brooks CONFIRMS Irish stadium tour
West Cork couple tie the knot on American TV
Sinéad O'Connor's children confirm new music is on the way
Bono, The Corrs and the memory of Glen Hansard power a Christmas of giving for Dublin homelessness charity
Food & Drink
Mulled wine and bonfire soup are what the fifth of November was made for
Give your Thanksgiving table a honey-spiced Brussels sprouts upgrade
Donal Skehan’s pumpkin risotto is the best use for your leftover Halloween pumpkin
Happy Halloween! The Irish origins of today's traditions
Original Irish Jack-o-Lanterns were made of turnips (and were truly terrifying)
Education
Say trick or treat as Gaeilge with 30 Irish words to use this Halloween
The Irish language was banned and fined out of public life but never died
Ireland's tricolour was woven in French silk and flew for just eight days in 1848
1,000-year-old manuscript recording St. Patrick's Ireland goes on display in Cork
Enoch Burke returns to school for new academic year
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