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Learn to play Irish music, Part 2: Finding a teacher

In this series, IrishCentral takes you through all you need to know if you want to play Irish traditional music.

History

How Irish Famine immigrants changed the city of Baltimore

In the last article of our series, we explore how Irish Famine immigrants changed life in Baltimore and created a lasting legacy in the American city they called their new home.

Entertainment

WATCH Dublin gang drama “Kin” to debut in US in September

The eight-part series will stream on AMC+ starting September 9.

Niall O'Dowd

Notre Dame should fire the leprechaun and end the elf’s reign

Let’s face it, the fighting Irish leprechaun hardly reflects well on the Irish no more than the dreadful term “Redskins” reflected on American Indians.

Northern Ireland

Currach unites Belfast group

Niamh Scullion talks about unity in Northern Ireland.

Culture

Resources to help you learn and understand the Irish language

We have compiled a list of easy ways you can learn Ireland's official language, Gaeilge, and some of the measures you can use to integrate the language into your life!

Other Writers

Opinion: Dublin after dark getting worse

Dublin city center after dark is turning into a place that can be uncomfortable, scary, even dangerous, no matter what the stats say.

History

How Eamon de Valera got involved with Michael Collins' tombstone

Why would the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland get himself involved in such minutiae in 1939 on the brink of World War II?

Roots

Foster care and its roots in ancient, mythological Ireland

In ancient times, fosterage played an important role in Irish society, but the process was governed by strict and complex rules as specified in the Brehon Laws.

Entertainment

Luke Kelly of The Dubliners most popular songs

Luke Kelly, Irish singer and folk musician of The Dubliners, was one of Ireland's most beloved singers.

Entertainment

Best songs of the 1916 Easter Rising

Stirring historic songs written in honor of the people involved in the events 1916 Easter Rising events.

History

On This Day: One-fifth of Ireland attends Michael Collins's funeral in Dublin

An estimated 500,000 people lined the streets of Dublin on August 28,1922 to pay their respects to Irish revolutionary hero Michael Collins.

Education

How to choose which Irish instrument to learn how to play

From the guitar to the bodhrán, here are the pros and cons of learning how to play different Irish instruments!

Irish Shopping

The history and the craft of Mucros Weavers in the heart of Kerry

Mucros Weavers have designed contemporary and traditional styles for over thirty years in Muckross House, a nineteenth-century Victorian mansion in Killarney National Park.

History

WATCH: A summertime swimming gala in Dublin nearly a century ago

Historic newsreel featured by the Irish Film Institute shows the annual Sandycove Gala and Dun Laoghaire Regatta in full swing in summertime 1923.

Culture

WATCH: Irish music group honors 9/11 anniversary with stirring performance

Ardú, an award-winning vocal music group from Ireland, has released a new version of "The Phoenix" ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

News

Robert F. Kennedy’s convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan wins parole hearing

The parole decision will now move to a review process before Sirhan Sirhan, the convicted assassin of Irish American politician Robert F. Kennedy, can walk free.

Cahir O'Doherty