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April May 2007 Issue

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
April / May 2007

April 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment

March marks the release of two big Cillian Murphy films. First there is the American release of the Irish Civil War drama The Wind that Shakes the Barley, which won major praise at the recent Sundance Film Festival.  Wind is easily one of the most highly anticipated Irish movies to come out in years. March 16 is also the release date for Murphy’s Sunshine, a sci-fi thriller … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

The West’s Awake

April 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Bucking a century-old trend, the West of Ireland now appeals to Americans and U.S. companies to come live, work and set up businesses there. Reversing a century-old trend of emigration from the West of Ireland to the U.S., the Western Development Commission (WDC), the state body charged with promoting the economic and social development of the Western Region, is spreading its … [Read more...] about The West’s Awake

Those We Lost

April 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment

A tribute to some of the fine Irish-Americans who touched our  lives Of the thousands of men and women who have given their lives in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the deaths of three young Irish-Americans from the New York area brought home the terrible price of war. The funeral of Captain John F. McKenna took place on August 25 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

Book Corner

By Tom Deignan , Contributor
April / May 2007

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Tom Deignan reviews the latest Irish and Irish-American books   Recommended:  Nothing But an Unfinished Song: Bobby Sands, The Irish Hunger Striker Who Ignited a Generation It’s been 25 years since Bobby Sands and his fellow Irish nationalists launched their hunger strikes in 1981, which resulted in Sands’s death after 66 days. That may seem like a long time ago, but as … [Read more...] about Book Corner

New York City Redux

By Ian Worpole, Contributor
April / May 2007

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Music Columnist Ian Worpole chronicles his return to the Big Apple Having spent a rowdy ten years in a cheap loft in Tribeca, New York City (Cheap! It wasn’t quite yet an oxymoron twenty years ago), with two small children and an irate landlord, it was time to move north to Woodstock, a quaint hamlet known for its arts colony and a certain concert that took place in 1964. We … [Read more...] about New York City Redux

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