New citizenship criteria ‘may not apply to those already here’ – Taoiseach
IrishCentral.comby Philip Downes15d ago
The Taoiseach has said that the new criteria to gain citizenship may not apply to those who are already in the country.
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top 48%Orange Order march up in the air following protests
IrishCentral.comby Chloe OKeeffe15d ago
An Orange Order march set to go down a nationalist road for the first time in nearly 30 years is under question after the PSNI confirmed they could not facilitate the route.
Meet the O'Haras, the Sligo clan that gave us cardinals, novelists and screen legends
IrishCentral.comby Shauna O’Halloran15d ago
Long before Scarlett O'Hara swept across the screen in "Gone with the Wind," the real O'Haras were Lords of Luighne in Connacht, holding rank until the 17th century and more than 20,000 acres of...
Dingle still tops Ireland's must-visit list even without Fungie the dolphin
IrishCentral.comby Deanna O’Connor15d ago
For more than 35 years, a friendly bottlenose dolphin named Fungie made Dingle Bay his home and drew thousands of visitors to the Kerry coast every year, until he vanished without a trace in 2020.
Murphy leads Ireland's ten most common surnames and the meanings behind them
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff15d ago
Whether you were born in Ireland or trace your roots there from thousands of miles away, your surname is likely a badge of pride, but only ten names can claim a place at the very top.
"Ulysses" survived the censors once but it would never survive us
IrishCentral.comby Tom Deignan15d ago
In 1933, Judge John M. Woolsey ruled that "Ulysses" was literature rather than pornography, and Joyce's Dublin epic has been celebrated ever since as a landmark of art and of free expression.
Mackenzie Michalski: Loved ones remember American nurse murdered by Irish man
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff16d ago
Family and friends of murdered American nurse Mackenzie Michalski want the public to know the real "Kenzie" in a new article from The Irish Times.
Remembering James Fitzmaurice, the Dubliner who first flew the Atlantic east to west
IrishCentral.comby Kayla Hertz16d ago
On the morning of April 12, 1928, Colonel James Fitzmaurice lifted off from Baldonnel Aerodrome in a German aircraft called the Bremen, bound for a coastline nobody had yet reached by air from this...
The 1922 fire destroyed millions of Irish records but these five sets survived
IrishCentral.comby Frederick Wertz16d ago
Anyone who has tried to trace an Irish ancestor eventually runs into the same wall, the catastrophic 1922 blaze at the Public Record Office that reduced centuries of civil and census material to...
WATCH: Conan O’Brien’s DNA test says he’s 100% Irish, stuns his doctor
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff16d ago
Conan O’Brien is 100% Irish, and he’s got the DNA test to prove it. In a 2019 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, O’Brien recalled how he recently took a DNA test, and the results...
Meet the Brennan clan, the Kilkenny name with a Viking king in its bloodline
IrishCentral.comby Michelle K. Smith16d ago
The Brennans trace their line back to Braonan, son of Cearbhall, a Viking king of Dublin who settled the lands north of Kilkenny and whose descendants ruled there until the Normans arrived in the...
Chalice from Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford's Kilmainham wedding goes on public display
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff16d ago
The chalice that stood on the altar during one of the most poignant weddings in Irish history has returned to the prison where it was used.
A top 5 Irish name from 35 years ago is losing popularity fast
IrishCentral.comby Louise Porter16d ago
As parents, many of us will notice that our names aren’t as popular anymore; they may even be going extinct. It’s not really the nicest feeling, if not completely surprising.
A new free site maps all 151,307 records in Ireland's national monuments inventory
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff17d ago
Irish diaspora who know the name of the townland their family left, but not much else about it, have a new free place to start looking.
The day 38 IRA prisoners escaped the Maze in the biggest jailbreak in British history
IrishCentral.comby Oisin Feeney17d ago
On the afternoon of Sunday, September 25, 1983, a code word shouted across H Block 7 at the Maze in Lisburn set off a 90 second countdown that left 21 prison officers overpowered and the wing...
Thomas Ashe, the Kerry schoolteacher who died on hunger strike in 1917
IrishCentral.comby Cahir O'Doherty17d ago
This Friday marks 109 years since Thomas Ashe, a schoolteacher from the Co Kerry Gaeltacht, a Gaelic League member and a founding member of the Irish Volunteers, died at the hands of the state he...
Paul McCartney's Irish roots lead back to a quiet corner of County Monaghan
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff17d ago
Paul McCartney's music needs no introduction, but the Irish thread running through his family story is far less familiar.
Paul McCartney's Irish roots trace back to a small County Monaghan townland
IrishCentral.comby Meghan Sweeney17d ago
Paul McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in music history, yet the Irish thread running through his family story is far less familiar than the hits.
Three million people alive today may descend from one Irish High King
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff17d ago
Millions of people, including a striking share of Irish Americans in New York, may carry the genetic signature of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the most prolific warrior in Irish history.
Mark the start of fall with this Irish autumn pudding recipe
IrishCentral.comby Chef Michael Gillian17d ago
The leaves are changing, there's a nip in the air, the nights are getting longer... with all that said it's also a time to get back to baking and treat yourself!