A galactic photograph of Dublin released via Twitter in February by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space, was accompanied by another small first: the first Irish language tweet from space. Cmdr. Hadfield, a 52-year-old former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, snapped the night-time photo from the International Space Station … [Read more...] about Canadian Tweets in Irish From the International Space Station
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Fighting Irish Coach Honored by Kelly Gang
Brian Kelly, Notre Dame’s famed football coach, was honored by the Kelly Gang at Michael’s Restaurant in New York City on March 13. Earlier that day he visited Breezy Point, where he witnessed the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy and met some of the people who were badly affected by the storm. In honoring Coach Kelly, the Kelly Gang raised over $60,000 for the Kelly Cares … [Read more...] about Fighting Irish Coach Honored by Kelly Gang
Irish Eye on Hollywood
1. The Irish Goodfellas are getting back together! Back in 1990, Robert DeNiro wowed audiences playing Irish-American hood Jimmy Conway in the electric Martin Scorsese gangster flick Goodfellas. Ray Liotta co-starred as half-Irish Henry Hill, as did Joe Pesci playing the psychotic Tommy Carbone. Well, Scorsese, DeNiro and Pesci – as well as Al Pacino – are teaming up again to … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
New Edward M. Kennedy Prize Celebrates American Drama
Columbia University and Jean Kennedy Smith have inaugurated a new award, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, or the EMK Prize. This year’s prize is actually shared by two playwrights: Dan O’Brien for The Body of an American, and Robert Schenkkan for All the Way. The two inaugural winners will divide the award of $100,000 endowed by Jean Kennedy … [Read more...] about New Edward M. Kennedy Prize Celebrates American Drama
200 Years of People v. Philips and Religious Freedom
1813 brought the first test of the right of free religious practice and expression in the United States. The famous case, People v. Philips, which eventually solidified the priest-penitent evidentiary privilege that protects the privacy of information given during confession, was argued in New York City on behalf of the growing Catholic population by the exiled Irish Protestant … [Read more...] about 200 Years of People v. Philips and Religious Freedom