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Irish America

June July 2016 Issue

Two Irish Writers Shortlisted for Bailey’s Prize

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
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June / July 2016

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Irish novelists Anne Enright and Lisa McInerney have been shortlisted for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, a £30,000 prize awarded for any original novel written in English and published in the U.K. Enright, one of Ireland’s best-known writers, was nominated for her 2015 novel The Green Road, which focuses on four siblings who return home when their mother announces her … [Read more...] about Two Irish Writers Shortlisted for Bailey’s Prize

National Library of Ireland Receives Donation of Yeats’s Nobel Prize Medal

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2016

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The National Library of Ireland has announced the receipt of the medal awarded to W.B. Yeats for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. The medal, valued at approximately $1.7 million, and the accompanying diploma were donated to the Library by the Yeats family and were received at a special event in April. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for his “always … [Read more...] about National Library of Ireland Receives Donation of Yeats’s Nobel Prize Medal

Quilt Commemorates the Lives of 77 Women Detained after Rising

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2016

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As is all too often the case, the story of the role played by women in major historical events is often overlooked, downplayed, or altogether covered up. But the story of the women arrested following the 1916 Easter Rising now acts as its own cover, so to speak, since the completion of a quilt that commemorates the lives of the 77 women arrested and detained at Richmond … [Read more...] about Quilt Commemorates the Lives of 77 Women Detained after Rising

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Affleck, Gleeson, & Lehane
“Live by Night”

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

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The Affleck family just can’t seem to get enough of Irish American novelist Dennis Lehane. Hollywood’s latest Batman, Ben Affleck, is going to get back in touch with his more gritty side (The Town, Good Will Hunting) by bringing one of Lehane’s Joe Coughlin novels to the big screen as a director. Entitled Live by Night, the book is the second in a trilogy of books set in the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Affleck, Gleeson, & Lehane
“Live by Night”

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Assassin’s Creed, Alien Covenant & More

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

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Speaking of Brendan Gleeson, the busy thespian is also teaming up with fellow Irish actor Michael Fassbender in not one but two upcoming movies. The dynamic duo will team up for Assassin’s Creed, the action adventure film based on the popular video game. Assasin’s Creed is currently slated for a Christmas 2016 release. (Brendan’s son Brian is also in the flick.) Then … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Assassin’s Creed, Alien Covenant & More