Cork man missing since 1992 located as deceased in the UK
IrishCentral.comby Kerry O'Shea·2d ago
Patrick 'Patsy' O'Sullivan, the Cork man missing since April 1992, has been located as deceased in another jurisdiction, Gardaí confirmed on Tuesday, October 6.
The Irish legend of Tír na nÓg and the warrior who lost 300 years in one moment
IrishCentral.comby Leon O’Cathasaigh·2d ago
When the golden-haired Niamh appeared on horseback before Fionn Mac Cumhaill's warrior band, she had come for one man alone, and Oisín followed her to a realm that knew neither sorrow nor old age.
On This Day: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, is born in 1903
IrishCentral.comby Niall Cullen·2d ago
When the world thinks of splitting the atom, it tends to think of the Manhattan Project and the weapons that shaped the Cold War, but a Methodist minister's son from Co Waterford got there first.
Why the Limerick drinking song Garryowen will never be played for the Cheyenne
IrishCentral.comby Niall O'Dowd·2d ago
"Garryowen" began life as a rowdy Limerick drinking tune, but on the American plains it became the sound that came just before the killing, struck up by Custer's 7th Cavalry as they bore down on...
Uncovering the mystery behind how Saint Patrick lived his final days in Ireland
IrishCentral.comby Shane O'Brien·2d ago
While March 17 is celebrated globally with lively parades and festivities, the holiday actually marks the solemn anniversary of Saint Patrick's death in fifth-century Ireland.
"The luck of the Irish" was never actually a compliment, and it isn't even Irish
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·2d ago
You have probably heard it at a St. Patrick's Day parade or shouted across a bar during a Boston Celtics game, and you almost certainly took it as a bit of harmless flattery about a nation blessed...
Countess Markievicz: The revolutionary feminist who changed Irish history
IrishCentral.comby Joseph Connell·2d ago
Born into Anglo-Irish privilege, Countess Constance Markievicz abandoned a comfortable life of high society to become one of the most prominent leaders of the Irish revolutionary movement.
How Ireland's 1848 rebellion against the British ended in a cabbage patch
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·2d ago
On July 29, 1848, the Young Ireland movement launched the revolt it hoped would drive the British out of Ireland, only for the whole affair to fall apart in a Tipperary cabbage patch.
"My heart is broken" - Michael Flatley announces death of wife Niamh O’Brien
IrishCentral.comby Clare McGoldrick·2d ago
O’Brien died peacefully at Beacon Hospital in South Dublin "following a period of illness", according to a representative.
Daniel Kinahan hires Kneecap’s lawyer to defend him in criminal trial
IrishCentral.comby Helen Bruce·2d ago
The Special Criminal Court heard yesterday that Darragh Mackin, of Phoenix Law, will apply to come on record next week to act in Kinahan’s case.
Iconic Irish liqueur Irish Mist returns to Irish ownership after US sale
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·2d ago
Irish drinks brand Irish Mist has been sold by Heaven Hill Brands to Dublin-based drinks business, the Old Canal Quay Spirits company, owned and led by international spirits industry specialist and...
The Irish boy name given to ZERO boys last year – but 95 girls
IrishCentral.comby Miriam Burke·2d ago
We are a lucky nation to have some of the most beautiful names in the world. Beautiful in meaning; beautiful in sound.
Ten of the best museums to visit on the island of Ireland this autumn
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·2d ago
Ireland's museums hold everything from bog bodies and the Tara Brooch to the violin played by the Titanic's hero musician as the ship went down.
Watch: Barry Keoghan leaves message after finding lost phone in park
IrishCentral.comby Philip Downes·3d ago
Someone who lost their phone in a Liverpool park was left with a surprise when they learned who found it: none other than Irish superstar Barry Keoghan.
Brooklyn, check your attic: Filmmakers need your Farrell's photos to finish the film
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·3d ago
For more than 90 years, Farrell’s has been more than a bar—it has been a piece of Brooklyn history.
Kneecap visit Portadown as Garvaghy Road stand off continues
IrishCentral.comby Chloe O'Keeffe·3d ago
Sunday marks one whole week of the standoff between the residents of the predominantly nationalist road and the Orange Order.
The celeb-approved Irish baby name trend that is ideal for sentimental parents
IrishCentral.comby Louise Porter·3d ago
Picking a baby name for your little one is tricky business; there’s no doubt about it. There is just so much to consider, whether it’s naming trends, a specific language or culture you want to...
Tom Cruise's Irish roots run deeper than almost anyone in Hollywood
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·3d ago
Tom Cruise is back on the silver screen this month with "Digger", and audiences who have spent four decades watching him play the all-American hero may be surprised by how far his own family tree...
The 1937 newspaper letters that show how Ireland once defended beating schoolgirls
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·3d ago
It began with a father from Athy who noticed marks on his 17-year-old daughter's legs at the seaside and learned she had been strapped at her boarding school for reading a smuggled novel.
Colcannon is the Halloween dish that once told you who you would marry
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·3d ago
With Halloween just weeks away, few dishes carry as much Irish folklore as colcannon, the humble combination of floury mashed potato and wilted kale or green cabbage that has since won fans far...
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