Irish America
Irish America
At the end of it all, it was from his fellow inmates at the Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, federal penitentiary that Joe Doherty heard the news. "Hey Joe, you're going to go," shouted an inmate who was tuned in to the radio, which had just announced the U.S. Supreme Court's decision of that day, January 15. The Court decision had effectively paved the way for Doherty's deportation … [Read more...] about Doherty’s Supreme Disappointment
The Beckett Festival at the Gate Theatre during Dublin's Theatre Festival was the first ever of its kind, presenting all 19 of Beckett's plays in just three weeks. One couldn't help wishing Sam were there to witness the hugely favorable response of ordinary theatergoers to plays once reputed to be of extraordinary difficulty. Even though I didn't get to see the entire … [Read more...] about Beckett Festival: First of Its Kind
As Larry Kirwan, the wiry lead guitarist and singer drags out this melodramatic emigration song, the eyes of the young Irish woman beside me mist over. She silently mouthes the words to herself as Chris Byre's plaintive tin whistle comes in over Kirwan's dirge. Byre, his crew-cut head bowed, dark shades hung low, continues with a slow air on the tin whistle, adding to the … [Read more...] about Black ’47: The Clancy Brothers of the 90’s?
Americans Stationed in N. Ireland During WWII Remember that last scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy? An elderly George M. Cohan, played by an artificially aged Jimmy Cagney comes from an audience with Franklin Roosevelt. The U.S. has just entered World War II. Cohan feels left behind by a generation that doesn't remember the days when he dominated Broadway, first in his family's … [Read more...] about “Over There”
"It is distressing, and saddening," said Senator Edward Kennedy about the movie JFK. "Obviously it's a very painful experience to have, you know, the advertisements, the pictures, the scenes," Kennedy told an interviewer on WGMC-TV. The memory of the assassination of a much-loved President is distressing and saddening to all of us. Oliver Stone's movie drew fire even before it … [Read more...] about JFK The Movie
