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From Japan to Philly, a Global Gaelic Revival

Michael von Siegel and Naoise Ó Cairealláin don’t have much in common. Von Siegel grew up in Landsdowne, outside of Philadelphia, while Ó Cairealláin was born across the Atlantic in Belfast. Both, however,…

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Quote Unquote

“Everything I’ve ever tried to say on screen comes from that small island and its people. To be honored by The Irish Post – a paper that has followed the Irish story in Britain for…

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Patrick Killen with his daughter, Margaret, and son, Joseph Patrick, 1934.
Photo Album: My Grandfather, the Diver

My grandfather, Patrick Joseph Killen, (“Pop”), was born in Downpatrick, County Down, in 1897. He sailed…

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Paddy Moloney- Photo by Barry McCall.
The Chief of Irish Music

Paddy Moloney, founder of The Chieftains, who has done more than anyone else to launch…

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August 28, 1987

On this date in 1987, Director John Huston passed away from pneumonia at the age of 81. Huston, whose father Walter Huston was of Irish descent, began his career as a writer and eventually got a contract with Samuel Goldwyn Productions as a script editor. As a director, Huston’s first big hit was 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon.” After visiting Ireland, Huston became an Irish citizen in 1964 and sent his daughter, actress Anjelica, to be educated at Kylemore Abbey. Huston also directed an adaptation of James Joyce’s “The Dead” in 1987. It was his last film.

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