Kinvara returns to Dunguaire Castle's chained gates three years after closure
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·12d ago
The people of Kinvara, Co. Galway, will walk together to the chained gates of Dunguaire Castle on Wednesday, September 30, marking three years to the day since one of Ireland's most photographed...
Irish birth, marriage and death records going back to 1864 are free to search online
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·13d ago
Anyone tracing Irish roots can search birth records from 1864 to 1918, marriages from 1864 to 1943, and deaths from 1878 to 1968 without paying a cent, thanks to a digitization drive by the Civil...
On This Day: A million people packed Phoenix Park the day Pope John Paul II came to Ireland
IrishCentral.comby Ray O’Hanlon·13d ago
It was still dark when the buses began rolling, carrying whole families from every corner of the country toward a roped-off corral in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
Galway and Connemara make the perfect autumn escape to the "real" Ireland
IrishCentral.comby Martin Doyle·13d ago
There is nowhere better to lose yourself in the real Ireland than Galway city and the wild hinterland at its back, where a stroll from Eyre Square to the Spanish Arch can feel like a rainier...
The Dublin Guinness lamb stew recipe worth making as the evenings turn cold
IrishCentral.comby Dermot McEvoy·13d ago
Before my mother married my father in 1949 at Our Lady of Perpetual Succor in Dublin, she worked as the cook for Mrs. Darley in the Anglo-Protestant enclave of Foxrock.
On This Day: John Devoy, the last active Fenian, died in New York 98 years ago
IrishCentral.comby Irish Voice Editorial·13d ago
John Devoy was 86 when he died in New York on September 29, 1928, closing a life that stretched from the Famine years in County Kildare to the funding of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Dublin's BAR 1661 makes history as first Irish venue on world's best bars list
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·13d ago
The eyes of the global hospitality industry are once again turning to a small corner of Dublin’s Northside, with the announcement that BAR 1661 has been ranked No.98 best bar in the world by the...
Larry Mullen risked paralysis in the name of love for U2
IrishCentral.comby Garreth MacNamee·13d ago
The 64-year-old was left unable to perform due to damage to his neck, shoulder and knees, which he said he had "picked up along the way" through his drumming.
Irish DNA map reveals Vikings left a far deeper mark on Ireland than thought
IrishCentral.comby James Wilson·13d ago
The Vikings raided Ireland for two centuries before Brian Boru broke their power at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, and it turns out they left behind far more than ruins and artifacts.
WATCH: Rare 1965 footage reveals what Northerners really thought about a united Ireland
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·13d ago
More than six decades on, a newsreel shot on the streets of Northern Ireland in 1965 still has the power to surprise, capturing a moment when the border question drew as many shrugs as it did...
Eat the biscuits and say you're "grand", the unwritten rules of Irish hospitality
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·14d ago
As the autumn visitor season settles in and the kettle goes on more often than not, an invitation into an Irish home remains one of the warmest welcomes in the world and one of the most quietly...
"A warning sign we shouldn’t ignore": Thousands of jobs gone as AI hits Irish
IrishCentral.comby Craig Hughes·14d ago
The finding was noted in a Labor Force survey earlier this year, which showed a drop of 20,000 jobs in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, and was shared with Mr Harris as...
Israeli minister makes outrageous Nazi link to Ireland
IrishCentral.comby Galen English·14d ago
The FAI came under intense public pressure to boycott the Nations League match with Israel over the country’s conduct of its war in Gaza.
Gaeltacht gift card launched to boost spending
IrishCentral.comby Cormac Cahill·14d ago
The Cárta Na Gaeltachta will be available in physical and digital formats and can be redeemed in participating businesses across Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Meath and Waterford.
Rosie O’Donnell gives US return date after moving to Ireland
IrishCentral.comby Philip Downes·14d ago
Comedian Rosie and her child, Clay, moved to Ireland after the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024, settling in Sandymount, Dublin. Rosie — whose feud with Mr.
New TG4 documentary follows Northern Ireland's 'ceasefire babies' as they turn 30
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·14d ago
An impactful new documentary, Glúin an tSosa Cogaidh on TG4, follows the lives of five people from the North of Ireland born after the 1994 ceasefire; the so-called “ceasefire babies.
Dublin average home price hits dizzying new high
IrishCentral.comby Jamie McCarron·14d ago
Daft.ie’s latest report for July, August and September found that while house prices are not rising as quickly as the 7.6% rate last September, average prices are 44% above pre-Covid levels and...
What your Irish surname really means, from Ahern to Maguire
IrishCentral.comby Glen Carey·14d ago
If your family name is Boyle, Brennan, Doyle, or Maguire, it carries far more history than a line on a birth certificate.
Remembering Larry Cunningham, the Longford farmer who became king of the showbands
IrishCentral.comby Cormac MacConnell·14d ago
When Larry Cunningham stepped in for Jim Reeves at a Lifford dance in 1963, the farmer's son from Granard set off a half century of Irish country music that would take The Mighty Avons from marquee...
Arthur Guinness was born 301 years ago and his 9,000 year lease runs on
IrishCentral.comby Frances Mulraney·14d ago
Arthur Guinness was born on September 28, 1725, most likely in Co. Kildare, although the date is an estimate and his exact birthplace was never recorded.
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