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Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan Maggie’s Oscar Moment? Maggie O’Farrell Hamnet Academy Award nominations were just announced and it looks like the March 15 ceremonies will have a distinctly Irish flavor…

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Learning Lessons of the Tourism Trade

Derry native Eimear Doherty experienced her first U.S. Thanksgiving this past November, complete with the big parade on TV, board games with friends, and a traditional meal with all the trimmings. “I got…

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Treacy Hats Take Manhattan

Irish-born hat maker, Philip Treacy, who has long been turning heads in Europe with his…

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the Ringaskiddy Air

Madonna is developing a movie about an Irish town where locals become sex-crazed after smelling…

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May 16, 1953

Pierce Brosnan was born in Navan, County Meath. He was brought up by his grandparents and aunt, while his mother worked in England. At 11, he moved to England to join his mother. In an interview with Irish America in 2003, he described it as a difficult transition. He was singled out for being Irish in school. “There certainly were fights,” he said, but the experience made him “resilient.” Brosnan left school at 15 and trained with the circus. Later he was introduced to the Oval House Theatre Club in London. He studied at the Drama Center in London. In 1980, he moved to the United States to star as Rory O’Manion in The Mangans of America, a hugely popular TV series. In 1994, he became the fifth James Bond.

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