If you missed Irish actor Gabriel Byrne's critically acclaimed performance in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten on Broadway last spring, take heart, soon you'll be able to catch him on a TV near you. This October he'll be starring in the new ABC sitcom The Madigan Men, about a divorced Irish architect living in New York City with his father, Seamus, and son, Luke. The … [Read more...] about Hibernia:
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Hibernia: Film Briefs
Irish-American heartthrob Mel Gibson is rumored to be "very interested" in Wolfgang Peterson's newest undertaking. The director of The Perfect Storm has now set his sights on another nautical adventure – the story of Irish-born Sir Ernest Shackleton and the ill-fated Endurance expedition to Antarctica. Another tale of man vs. nature, with another Irish-American hunk in the lead … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Film Briefs
Hibernia: The Cyberanarchists
When the heavy metal band Metallica hauled Internet service provider Napster into court, because fans were getting new Metallica tunes through the site for free, a new battle line was drawn in cyberspace. As the creator of Freenet, a program designed to send free information to all corners of the globe, Irish native Ian Clarke is on the front lines of this high-tech – and he's … [Read more...] about Hibernia: The Cyberanarchists
Hibernia: Meanwhile
in Silicon Valley…
"Whizkid," "genius," and "scourge of the music industry" are just a few of the names thrown at Shawn Fanning, 19. Fanning is the brain behind Napster.com, the MP3 exchange website that sent the recording industry into an uproar. Recently the courts have stepped in to quiet the din. On July 26, the United States District Court of San Francisco ordered that the Napster online … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Meanwhile
in Silicon Valley…
Hibernia: Irish
U.N. Sculpture
The United Nations recently received a sculpture from the Irish government. The work, by renowned Galway artist John Behan, celebrates the Irish diaspora and their contribution to the world.
Entitled Arrival, the work portrays Irish emigrants debarking from a ship. If this sounds like a typical Famine commemoration, it's not. As the Irish Minister of State at the Department … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish
U.N. Sculpture