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Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Rising Irish Stars On Both Sides of the Camera

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The Hollywood Reporter recently highlighted 10 rising Irish stars set to make serious waves in front of, as well as behind, the camera. Among this new crop of talent was Dublin actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (above), set to appear in the May 2018 star-packed action film Avengers: Infinity War. Vaughan-Lawlor, who has appeared in Irish films such as The Cured, as well as Jim … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Rising Irish Stars On Both Sides of the Camera

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Saoirse Ronan Just Can’t Do Wrong

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Golden Globe-winning actress Saoirse Ronan.

The Irish actress earned raves in the November coming-of-age movie Lady Bird, which was directed to great acclaim by indie darling Greta Gerwig. Prior to that, Ronan was in the visually-groundbreaking (if coolly reviewed) Loving Vincent, which told the story of painter Vincent van Gogh’s life and featured thousands of hand-painted scenes. The new year will see Ronan in a range … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Saoirse Ronan Just Can’t Do Wrong

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

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October 20, 1933

“A Soldier’s Song” becomes the official National Anthem of Ireland on this day in 1933. Written by Peader Keaney and composed by Patrick Heeney in 1907, the song was first published in 1912 and quickly became very popular. It was used as a marching song by Irish Volunteers and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence. After the establishment of the Free State, “A Soldier’s Song” continued to be used by the army. The government purchased the copyright for the song on this day. The anthem was translated into the Irish language, “Amhran na bhFiann,” by Liam O Rinn.

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