From PS I Love You to the latest gangster movie, the Irish are well represented in upcoming movies, writes Tom Deignan. ℘℘℘ Irish and Irish-American talent is very well represented on the November and December holiday movie schedule. Mid-November offers the release of two movies by legendary Irish directors. First there's Jim Sheridan's gritty Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Then … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
December January 2006 Issue
Probing the Past
Peter Quinn wanted to do something simple. It was 1994 and Quinn had just published Banished Children of Eve, his epic novel of New York City and the Irish famine. Up until then, there had been a monumental gap in American literature. The Irish had been in New York City going back to the days when Peter Minuit, as legend has it, hoodwinked the local Algonquins and snatched up … [Read more...] about Probing the Past
Touch of the Poet
Many homes treasure family photos. The award-winning Irish actress Dearbhla Molloy recalls, "I remember, in my grandparents' house, a glass cabinet with a pair of handcuffs. "My grandfather Michael Ryan was a `freedom fighter' involved in the 1916 rebellion and the civil war. He went to prison several times during part of my mother's childhood." Referring to that unusual … [Read more...] about Touch of the Poet
United by Song
The Cross-Border Orchestra of Ireland fosters good relations between North and South. ℘℘℘ What does it take for people to forget the past and live in the moment? According to the members of the Cross-Border Orchestra of Ireland, putting the past behind them requires no more than getting a bunch of enthusiastic kids from both sides of the border together and teaching them to … [Read more...] about United by Song
Encompassing the Celtic
When Irish America handed me half a dozen CD's to review, I promptly visualized a neat column; a paragraph each; thumbs up or down. But as each jewel box unfolded I realized there was something more complicated going on; consequently I may be inclined to ramble, for this is Celtic Music. Or World Music; Folk Rock, Irish, Scottish, English, Brittany, Acid-Croft, Afro-Celt, … [Read more...] about Encompassing the Celtic