In June, look for Colin Farrell to lead a strong cast in the U.S. Civil War drama The Beguiled, based on a novel by Irish American writer Thomas P. Cullinan. The Beguiled tells the story of a wounded Union soldier named Simon McBurney (Farrell) who stumbles upon an isolated school for girls and ends up exposing them to more of the outside world than they are perhaps prepared to … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Numerous streaming services have begun to offer up expanded Irish entertainment.
Acorn TV now offers Striking Out, an Irish legal drama. Striking Out was hailed as “a roaring success” by the Irish Independent after its first season and production on the second season is already underway. In the show, a successful Dublin lawyer (Dubliner Amy Huberman) discovers that her fiancé … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves
Making the rounds and earning raves at film festivals is Irish boxer John Duddy’s acting debut Emerald City. The film, written by Northern Irish native Colin Broderick and produced by Irish Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle, looks at more recent Irish immigrant laborers in New York City.
As the Derry Journal newspaper noted: “The identity of the Irish worker in New York finds … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves
Jimmy McAleer’s Opening Day Legacy
The Irish American baseball legend who introduced the concept of the opening day pitch by the President of the United States. James Robert, “Jimmy,” McAleer, the youngest of eight children, was born in Ohio on July 10, 1864. He gained fame and notoriety for being a player, manager, and stockholder in Major League Baseball who assisted in establishing the American … [Read more...] about Jimmy McAleer’s Opening Day Legacy
Report from Havana: Irish Latin American Conference
The annual conference of the Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS), “Island Relations: Ireland, Cuba and the Latin World,” was held in Havana over four days in February. The conference coincided with the first Irish presidential visit to Cuba and the launch of novelist Joseph O’Connor’s book Star of Sea at the Havana International Book Fair. O’Connor’s book is the … [Read more...] about Report from Havana: Irish Latin American Conference