Congressman Richard Neal led in meetings at Stormont in Belfast today, May 26, as the bipartisan US delegation continues to call for more negotiation regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. “The common thread between all the voices, as well as my own, was support for negotiated solutions to resolve challenges related…
This week’s GAA news from Ireland. All over for Tipp as Cork romps Cork battle on to fight another day, Tipperary’s All-Ireland season is already over and we’re not even into the month of June. Such was the drama on the final weekend of the Munster senior hurling championship round…
At least 19 more children and two more adults are dead today in America after yet another elementary school shooting, this time at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which instructs second through fourth grades. This is at least the 30th shooting at a K-12 school in the US in…
Thatched houses are disappearing across the island of Ireland with homeowners finding it almost impossible to secure insurance for the historic dwellings. It is estimated that there are just over 1,000 thatched cottages remaining on the island of Ireland and owners say that the historic dwellings could become extinct unless…
Tickets are now on sale for Belfast Girls at Irish Repertory Theatre in New York. Irish Repertory Theatre, the award-winning Off-Broadway home for Irish and Irish-American drama in New York City, is proud to present the New York premiere of Belfast Girls by Jaki McCarrick and directed by Nicola Murphy.…
The month of May is commonly associated with devotions to the Virgin Mary – “The Queen of May”. We celebrate by remembering tales of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Ireland. May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are a series of Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church throughout…
Find out about your home county in our “What’s your Irish County?” series here! Irish Name: an Mhí – “The Middle” Nickname: The Royal County Population: 195,044 (as of 2016) Area: 904 square miles Province: Leinster County Town: Navan GAA Colors: Green and Gold Common Surnames in County Meath Reilly,…
The Tuam babies is the scandal that will not go away – the placing of pregnant young Irish women in their thousands in mother and baby homes, which turned out to be orphanage mills where children were snatched from helpless mothers and bought for adoption by mostly wealthy Irish Americans.…
James ‘Jim’ McGrath, 17, is being remembered fondly in Connecticut after he was stabbed to death, allegedly by another teen, on Saturday night. Shelton Police said in a statement on Wednesday that they arrested a 16-year-old juvenile from Milford, Connecticut in relation to the Saturday night stabbing murder of 17-year-old…
The New York Irish Center’s “Ireland Today 2022 – The Inaugural America-Ireland Youth Conference” will bring together prominent experts, educators, and students from the US and the island of Ireland to discuss urgent global topics including gender-based violence, world peace, and climate change. IrishCentral is delighted to be partnering with…