On returning to Ireland Maura McElhone was determined to make her “unemigration” a positive experience. In this extract from her new book “Falling for a Farmer”, she describes finding a place to call her own and kick-starting her new life at home in Ireland.
On this day in 1923 William Butler Yeats, one of Ireland's most beloved poets, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Happily, he's not the only Irish man to receive that award.
Welcome to November’s pick for the IrishCentral Monthly Book Club! Each month we will pick a new Irish book or a great book from an Irish author and celebrate the amazing ability of the Irish to tell a good story.
On October 30, 2018, the notorious and much-feared mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was killed in prison in West Virginia. As the FBI continues to investigate his death, we look back at the violent life of the infamous murderer.
Over the next six weeks, I will publish six excerpts from the book, it is called "Through Irish Eyes, a Personal and Journalistic Journey" and welcome your views, comments and input.
Liam Hayes is one of Ireland’s best-known sportsmen and journalists. Here he describes how the plot of his first novel came to him while waiting for cancer treatment.
Intimate letters between Irish revolutionary and his fiancée show Kiernan’s insecurities and Collins complaining about “extremists” as the Irish Civil War loomed.
