My granny, Mary Anne Herlihy, one of nine children, was born in Gneeveguilla in County Kerry. This small village is known for its music and story-telling, (and a terrifying moving bog which killed a family of eight in 1896!) In the early 1900s, though, there were few employment opportunities for…
Hollywood icon Gene Kelly was deeply proud of his Irish roots, but his donations to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) are disputed. The Singin’ in the Rain star, who was born in Pittsburgh to an Irish-Canadian father and an Irish-German mother, was extremely proud of his Irish roots and reportedly…
Live COVID-19 updates from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. September 20 Update 12:30 pm EST: As of 5 pm GMT today in Ireland: 1,154 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed 297 COVID-19 patients are in hospital, with 63 of those patients in intensive care (ICU)…
No one knows how many women lived as men throughout history, whether out of identity, preference, or simply to survive. Only the stories of those who revealed their stories, such as war reporter Dorothy Lawrence, or those who were found out in life or in death, such as the jazz…
Show your appreciation to the female friendships you hold dear in your life by gifting them an Irish inspired present. Women’s Friendship Day is observed annually on the third Sunday of September. This year IrishCentral would like to honor that sentiment by declaring an Irish-American Day of Friendship, highlighting those…
A group of anti-vaccine advocates “rescued” a Donegal man suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms from hospital only for him to be readmitted in a serious condition. Anti-vaxxers encouraged the man to leave Letterkenny Hospital despite warnings from staff at the hospital that it would worsen his condition. The incident was…
The Foley family of Rockland County in New York, along with the 9/11 Education Foundation and the Town of Clarkstown, is hosting a two-day event to mark the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, and to bring attention to the ongoing consequences felt by families who are still suffering from…
Life changed on September 11, 2001. The way we looked at one another, the way we looked at the world, the way in which we felt betrayed by a beautiful, glorious, sunny day 20 years ago now. We’ve made murals and memorials. We’ve renamed streets and planted trees in remembrance…
A new documentary telling the story of Violet Gibson, the Irish woman who shot Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini in the face, is set to air on TG4 on Wednesday night. The Irish-language documentary “Violet Gibson – An tÉireannach Mná a Lámhach Mussolini (The Irish Woman who Shot Mussolini),” brings…
Graham Dwyer, who was convicted of the murder of Irish woman Elaine O’Hara, could move a step closer to freedom if the European Court of Justice rules that crucial evidence was gathered in contravention of his data privacy rights. Dwyer, 48, was convicted in 2015 of the brutal murder of…