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December January 2018 Issue

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Barry Lyndon Joins the Criterion Collection

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

In the annals of classic Irish films, Barry Lyndon holds a strange spot. It has impeccable credentials: the stars include Irish American, Ryan O’Neal, (best known for Love Story, What’s Up, Doc?, and Paper Moon, also featuring his daughter Tatum) and Armagh native Patrick Magee. There’s also good source material – the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, by William Thackeray. The … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Barry Lyndon Joins the Criterion Collection

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Samuel Beckett’s “Film” and “Notfilm”

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

It sounds like a Ph.D. candidate’s idea of a joke: What do you get when you cross the great Irish playwright Samuel Beckett with the American comic genius Buster Keaton? You get one of the strangest movies in cinematic history. And a recent DVD release takes us for a peek behind the existential scenes. It all begins in 1964, when Beckett, at the heights of his fame, set out … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Samuel Beckett’s “Film” and “Notfilm”

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
TV & Streaming Report

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Here are some new, recent, and noteworthy Irish shows streaming on various services. ABC has given Irish American comedy veteran Tim Doyle the go-ahead to shoot a show about what Variety calls “an Irish-Catholic family with a working class dad, traditional mom and eight sons as they struggle to cope in the turbulent 1970s.” Doyle has spent decades in the comedy business, … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
TV & Streaming Report

Irish American Priest Beatified in Detroit

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by 1 Comment

Father Solanus Casey, a first-generation Irish American Capuchin priest, was beatified in Detroit in November, creating the possibility that he may become the first American-born male to become a saint. Casey is only the third person born in the U.S. to receive the title of “blessed,” the level below sainthood. Casey’s beatification comes after a Panamanian woman was cured of … [Read more...] about Irish American Priest Beatified in Detroit

California High Schooler Wins Surfing Competitions on Tricolor Longboard

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by 1 Comment

Los Angeles area high schooler Emily Rose Flavin, 17, is an award-winning amateur competitive surfer in both short and longboard. This summer 2017 she won three longboard championships, all while riding her trademark green, white, and orange Irish tricolor board. Emily is fourth-generation Irish American with roots in Cork and Tipperary. “I wear a lot of sunscreen,” she jokes … [Read more...] about California High Schooler Wins Surfing Competitions on Tricolor Longboard

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