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  • It doesn't matter why the Choctaw word for Irish is Ailish: it just matters that we remember
  • How Irish is Andy Burnham? Arguably more Irish than Joe Biden
  • United Ireland: Irish language and culture are back, but what does the island's future look like?

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thejournal.ie /6 days ago

It doesn't matter why the Choctaw word for Irish is Ailish: it just matters that we remember

Folk memory disappears when a language is pushed close to extinction.

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irishtimes.com /6 days ago

How Irish is Andy Burnham? Arguably more Irish than Joe Biden

Plus: Patrick O’Donovan’s famine-memorial socks, TDs ignored by everyone and a marksman for the birds

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thejournal.ie /1 month ago

United Ireland: Irish language and culture are back, but what does the island's future look like?

As interest in unity grows, young people are calling for a new vision of Ireland — not just a united one.

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

The beauty of Irish language as springtime blooms

The poetry of the Irish language is a gift to behold as springtime draws near.

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Powerful poem on what it means to be an Irish American in Ireland

Returning to Ireland as an Irish American can be a very insightful experience, connecting you with your heritage once more and at times, leading to a search for recognition from th...

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish

Easter is a big holiday in Ireland, second only to Christmas, for a host of reasons, some of which are religious and some historical.

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irishcentral.com /1 week ago

Ten surefire ways to annoy an Irish person

From Guinness slights to tired clichés about jigs and leprechauns, these old insults still know how to get under Irish skin.

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limpingchicken.com /1 month ago

Kelly Gilbert: I don’t sound Irish, but I am (BSL)

Saint Patrick’s Day always brings up mixed feelings for me. There’s a sense of pride — remembering where I came […]

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earmilk.com /1 month ago

Scustin shares reflections on the Irish identity on "Scustinism"

Irish post-punk quartet Scustin shares a glimpse of their upcoming EP The Lock In unveils new single "Scustinism," offering reflections on Irish identity  that's expansive and intr...

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rte.ie /1 week ago

'Sense of vulnerability' affecting Irish in US - minister

The biggest issue for the Irish community in the United States is a current "sense of vulnerability", Minister of State for Diaspora Neale Richmond has said.

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irishcentral.com /3 weeks ago

Paddy Cool: The Celtic revival in music and cinema has made its way to fashion

With Irish designers at the helm at Dior and Alexander McQueen, tweed trending everywhere, Aran knits adopted by the A-list, flat caps worn by cool young things, and Jonathan Ander...

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irishcentral.com /6 days ago

When New York was Irish, in summers long ago

Michael Scanlon writes of the Irish New York neighborhoods of old and how Irish immigrants have passed them on to immigrants of other nationalities. 

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rte.ie /1 month ago

'No Irish need apply' - stories of emigrants in England

A new exhibition in Dublin called 'No Irish Need Apply? The Economic History of the Irish in England' is examining the lives of Irish emigrants and their descendants in England fro...

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independent.ie /1 week ago

Tromlach daoine thuaidh agus theas dearfach i leith na Gaeilge

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Grolier Club exhibition explores the Irish Literary Revival and national independence

"Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation" is on view from April 29–July 25, 2026.

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t

Even more deadly slang that is unique to Ireland and the Irish!

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

The origins of anti-Irish jokes and how they impacted Irish worldwide

"I am not indulging in 'PC gone mad.' I am merely pleading for a little self-examination and common civility."

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irishcentral.com /4 weeks ago

Life cycles: Exploring Mayo and the Irish people's way with words

My thoughts on the nature of our language accompanied me as I passed through Clonbur and headed out along the banks of Lough Mask.

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conservativewoman.co.uk /3 weeks ago

The Irish elite’s woke war on their own people

THERE have been a lot of articles on the cultural and social shifts in Ireland, many of which have focused on ‘wokeness’. The Irish political and media elite have enthusiastically...

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Red wine in Georgian Dublin: it's healing and detrimental effects

If you’re of Irish heritage and fond of a glass of claret - there may be a very good reason why!

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irishcentral.com /1 month ago

Belfast poet Louis MacNeice's Irish heritage was close to his heart

"I was born in Belfast between the mountain and the gantries, To the hooting of lost sirens and the clang of trams: Thence to Smoky Carrick in County Antrim."

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thejournal.ie /1 month ago

Lá Saoirse Cainte á éileamh agus deireadh réimeas na cinsireachta ag teannadh linn

Ba mhaith le h-ealaíontóirí go mbeadh 25 Aibreán ina lá saoirse léirithe chun seasamh in éadan na cinsireachta agus chun laoch frith chinsíreachta a chomóradh

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independent.ie /1 month ago

An Irish Goodbye… from Berlin: ‘My Irish humour gets me into a lot of trouble. The Germans can be quite literal’

“I’ve been in Germany now for a total of 15 years, which is bonkers. I couldn’t even speak German when I came over. I studied English and philosophy in college, but I was massively...

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irishtimes.com /3 weeks ago

A Cork-ney accent? Morgan McSweeney perplexes Westminster as he finally speaks

Plus: high tempers in the art scene, the world’s quietest communications firm, and Michael D Higgins’s gift to the nation

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