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IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff29 Aug 2026
"Today Tonight" clip from 1989 illustrates the devastating effect emigration had on the small town of Ballinrobe, County Mayo, where most Leaving Cert-aged teens left Ireland for The Bronx.
IrishCentral.comby Chef Michael Gilligan29 Aug 2026
Why do Irish Americans love corned beef and cabbage so much? Here's the story behind the traditional recipe. St.
IrishCentral.comby Shane O'Brien29 Aug 2026
On August 29, 2000, a British court ruled that Irish Travellers were an ethnic group entitled to the same protections as other ethnic minorities in Britain in a landmark verdict.
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff29 Aug 2026
The Irish love to tell a good story, so it's little wonder that they've made some brilliant movies over the years. Here's our pick of the best!
IrishCentral.comby Claire Ruby Young28 Aug 2026
A mum from the US has shared the reasons behind her decision to give her daughter a ‘hard-to-pronounce’ Irish name.
IrishCentral.comby Jonathan Browne28 Aug 2026
A Labour politician and member of the Seanad has called Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Ireland a "security nightmare" and defended people’s right to protest the controversial figure’s visit.
IrishCentral.comby Kerry O'Shea28 Aug 2026
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been met with criticism after he said in Belfast on Thursday that an Irish border poll is "off the table."
IrishCentral.comby Caroline Langley28 Aug 2026
I’ve never been a steadfast proponent of making definitive plans, and indeed when a promised, long-awaited, and very much deserved promotion fell through, I greeted the news with a mixture of shock...
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff28 Aug 2026
U2's new recording of "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" by Shane MacGowan and The Pogues was released on Friday by the Dublin-based record label Rubyworks.
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff28 Aug 2026
The spectacle of an American college football game is again taking over Dublin this weekend. Some 14,000 college football fans from the US are estimated to be in Ireland's capital city for the...
IrishCentral.comby MARTIN BURNS28 Aug 2026
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first trip to Northern Ireland since his elevation to his new job on August 27.
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff28 Aug 2026
The Irish Film and Television Academy has chosen the Irish language drama "Aontas" as Ireland's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.
IrishCentral.comby Shane O'Brien28 Aug 2026
A love letter from John Ford to Maureen O'Hara is believed to have been written during the filming of "The Quiet Man".
IrishCentral.comby Frances Mulraney28 Aug 2026
On August 28, 1922, an estimated 500,000 people lined the streets of Dublin for the funeral of Irish revolutionary hero Michael Collins.
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff28 Aug 2026
An Irish father and his two sons perform a stirring live version of "The Parting Glass" in an Irish pub.
IrishCentral.comby In Partnership With:28 Aug 2026
August 28 marks the anniversary of John Huston's death, and a rare 1964 newsreel from the Irish Film Institute captures a lesser-known chapter of his story, the day he formally became an Irish...
IrishCentral.comby Pauline Murphy28 Aug 2026
Weeks after the Irish Free State was born, novelist Liam O'Flaherty was not writing at all. He was leading a ragtag army of jobless dockers into Dublin's Rotunda, flying red flags from its windows...
IrishCentral.comby In Partnership With:28 Aug 2026
"Dublin Zoo," a short Irish film from the 1930s, is now available to stream for free via the Irish Film Institute's IFI Archive Player. Father Delany’s lens captures a school visit to Dublin Zoo.
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff28 Aug 2026
On August 28, 1922, the funeral for Michael Collins was held in Dublin. A century later, the revolutionary's relative has shared the mass card used that day.
IrishCentral.comby Cahir O'Doherty28 Aug 2026
Remembered with pride for his efforts on behalf of Irish traditional music, Chief Francis O'Neill led an extraordinary pioneering American life that is no longer possible.
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