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Shane MacGowan: “We’ll Never See His Like Again”

By Stephan Talty
IA Newsletter, December 2, 2023

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Thirty-one years ago, I walked up to an apartment in north London to meet one of my heroes, Shane MacGowan. He was asleep when I got there and drunk when he woke up, funny, shy, and acerbic. He cut off one of my questions to tell an unprintable story about the Jam’s lead singer, Paul Weller, leant his sister fifty quid, which he pulled out of a pocket amidst a large clump of … [Read more...] about Shane MacGowan: “We’ll Never See His Like Again”

News Roundup

By Tom Deignan
IA Newsletter, December 2, 2023

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Musican Icon Shane MacGowan Dies at Age 65 Music fans around the world are mourning the passing of Irish legend Shane MacGowan – at a time of year when his gritty Christmas classic “Fairytale of New York” is always in heavy rotation. “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life,” MacGowan’s wife, Irish journalist … [Read more...] about News Roundup

The Friel Project

IA Newsletter, December 2, 2023

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The Irish Repertory Theatre's 35th Season Celebration Running through May 5, 2024 The Irish Repertory Theatre is celebrating its 35th season by presenting three plays by Brian Friel, Translations, Aristocrats, and Philadelphia, Here I Come! running through May 5, 2024. Brian Friel was a dramatist and writer often referred to as the ‘Irish Chekhov’ for his plays … [Read more...] about The Friel Project

Queen’s Builds on Legacy of Seamus Heaney

By Irish America Staff

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The work of Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney will inspire generations of future writers at a new $6.2 million landmark venue. The new Queen’s University project will create a Visiting International Seamus Heaney Chair in Creative Writing, alongside engagement programs with educational and community groups in Belfast and across Northern Ireland. The Seamus Heaney … [Read more...] about Queen’s Builds on Legacy of Seamus Heaney

Island Man

By Marilyn Cole Lownes
February/March 1999

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Q. What do Bob Marley and U2 have in Common? A. Chris Blackwell The founder of Island Records talks to Marilyn Cole Lownes about his Irish Jamaican heritage, U2, and his life in the music business. It's no coincidence that the man who made Jamaican singer Bob Marley a cultural icon also made U2, the rock band from Dublin, an international phenomenon. Chris Blackwell, the … [Read more...] about Island Man