On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
IrishCentral.comby Shane O'Brien·12 Sept 2026
In September 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy was in the midst of a closely fought election campaign with Republican opponent Richard Nixon and faced allegations that he wasn't fit to serve as...
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·11 Sept 2026
Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has published a new resource sheet, An Introduction to Civil Registration in Ireland, offering researchers and family historians an accessible overview of one...
"No plans" for driver's licence exchange is "slap in the face" for returning Irish emigrants
IrishCentral.comby Ciarán Staunton·11 Sept 2026
At the approach of summer this year, we at the Irish-US Driver’s Licence Exchange Committee were hopeful of achieving a change that would allow Irish citizens returning from abroad to renew Irish...
A fairytale fortune: Shane MacGowan leaves millions in his will
IrishCentral.comby Niamh Walsh·11 Sept 2026
The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan left a €5.8 million fortune to his widow, with "Fairytale of New York" royalties still rolling in, Extra.ie has learned.
"No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
IrishCentral.comby Kerry O'Shea·11 Sept 2026
Protests are set to be held across Ireland this weekend during US President Donald Trump's visit to Dublin and Doonbeg, Co Clare.
World Sepsis Day: Irish American-founded charity continues push for federal legislation
IrishCentral.comby Kerry O'Shea·11 Sept 2026
September 13 marks World Sepsis Day, an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance to raise sepsis awareness each year during Sepsis Awareness Month.
A stumble into faeryland
IrishCentral.comby Kevin O'Hara·11 Sept 2026
On a brisk September afternoon, along the chalk-white coastline of County Antrim that overlooks the North Channel and Mull of Kintyre, my donkey Missie and I came upon a crippled man of late middle...
Dublin and Shannon airports issue passenger advice ahead of Donald Trump visit
IrishCentral.comby Philip Downes·11 Sept 2026
Mr Trump is set to touch down in Ireland ahead of a visit to President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Úachtaráin [The President's residence] on Saturday (September 12).
Five Irish memorials honor the victims and heroes lost on September 11
IrishCentral.comby Sheila Langan·11 Sept 2026
Among the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11 attacks were at least 18 Irish citizens and countless Irish Americans, many of them firefighters and first responders who rushed to help...
Remote Irish beach crowned top beauty spot for autumn escape
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·11 Sept 2026
Keem Bay in Co Mayo has been named Ireland’s best destination for a scenic autumn getaway, beating out iconic beauty spots like the Cliffs of Moher, Connemara, and the Giant’s Causeway.
Over half of professionals would choose an SME over a multinational | IrishCentral.com
IrishCentral.comby Cormac Cahill·11 Sept 2026
A LinkedIn poll conducted by Matrix Recruitment found that 51% of respondents would choose an SME over a multinational employer, with flexibility, faster career progression and greater workplace...
Saoirse Ronan debuts daring new look at Venice Film Festival
IrishCentral.comby Philip Downes·11 Sept 2026
The Dublin actress, who’s currently filming the Beatles biopic where she’ll star as Linda McCartney, made her directorial debut with the short film "Paper Plane".
On This Day: War criminal Oliver Cromwell’s Massacre of Drogheda in 1649
IrishCentral.comby Frances Mulraney·11 Sept 2026
On September 11, 1649, Cromwell's forces breached the walls of Drogheda after a relentless nine-day siege, unleashing a massacre that would shock even the brutal standards of 17th-century warfare.
Marking 25 years, remembering the Irish and Irish Americans lost on 9/11
IrishCentral.comby Brian Rohan·11 Sept 2026
An estimated one-sixth of the 2,977 people killed across New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2011, had Irish heritage or connections, leaving wounds that still run deep...
The day an Irish brother saved a stranger and lost his sister to 9/11
IrishCentral.comby Niall O'Dowd·11 Sept 2026
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Ron Clifford, an Irish architect at the World Trade Center, rescued a severely burned woman from the rubble after the first plane hit.
From coffin ships to American shores, how Irish Famine refugees survived impossible odds
IrishCentral.comby Tom Deignan·11 Sept 2026
The Irish Famine refugees who crossed the Atlantic in search of survival encountered a chaotic and often hostile arrival process with few official protections or processing systems in place.
One Irish surname may be the earliest ever recorded in all of Europe
IrishCentral.comby Leslie Lang·11 Sept 2026
Irish surnames have a remarkable history stretching back over a thousand years, with one name potentially being the earliest recorded in all of Europe.
Explore ten Irish potato recipes that have defined comfort cooking for centuries
IrishCentral.comby Jordana Kozupsky·11 Sept 2026
The potato has been woven into the fabric of Irish cuisine for generations, inspiring countless regional variations and family traditions passed down through time.
Remembering 9/11's first recorded victim, Irish American FDNY Chaplain Mychal Judge
IrishCentral.comby Molly Muldoon·11 Sept 2026
On September 11, 2001, after the planes hit the World Trade Center, Father Mychal Judge ran into the North Tower alongside the firemen he served.
The chic Irish girl name to choose if you love Maeve but feel it’s too popular
IrishCentral.comby Miriam Burke·11 Sept 2026
The name Maeve is on many of the favourite name lists in the notebooks and minds of so many parents-to-be around Ireland and, indeed, the world!
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