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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Upcoming Film Releases

By Tom Deignan, Contributor

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Tom Deignan with the latest Irish happenings in film and television When the bigwigs of the movie industry gathered in Park City, Utah, at the end of January for the annual Sundance Film Festival, the Irish were well represented. Brendan Gleeson’s new film The Guard, which also stars Fionnula Flanagan, Don Cheadle and Mark Strong, opened up the festival’s World Dramatic … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Upcoming Film Releases

Launch of Imagine Ireland

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor

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A year of arts and culture in the U.S. 2011 is going to be an exciting year for the Irish arts in America. On January 7th, Culture Ireland announced its expansive project for the coming year, titled Imagine Ireland.  Launched in New York City’s Lincoln Center by Cultural Ambassador and renowned actor Gabriel Byrne, Minister for Art, Sport and Tourism Mary Hanafin, and Culture … [Read more...] about Launch of Imagine Ireland

Anne Sweeney’s Keynote Speech at the Business 100

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Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, gave a heartfelt keynote Address at Irish America’s Business 100 luncheon on November 30. Here it is in its entirety. I want to thank Irish America magazine for including me in this very impressive group of 100. We represent a broad spectrum of business and industry in this room and the one thing that I know we all … [Read more...] about Anne Sweeney’s Keynote Speech at the Business 100

A Year on Croagh Patrick

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor

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Matt Loughrey, the man behind Croagh Patrick 365 Matt Loughrey had just finished his 218th consecutive climb of Croagh Patrick, the third-highest mountain in County Mayo, when I spoke to him on a recent Saturday evening. “It’s cold up there now,” he said. “We’ve been getting temperatures of -17˚c,  -18˚c up on the top. We’re climbing in ice and snow at the moment, it’s a … [Read more...] about A Year on Croagh Patrick

Mary Higgins Clark on Leading the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

By Patricia Harty, Editor-In-Chief
February / March 2011

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"My father came here with five pounds in his pocket" “On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2011, as the parade goes up Fifth Avenue I will be thinking of the father who came over with five pounds in his pocket and who died when I was only eleven, the mother who encouraged my dreams of being a writer by treating every word I wrote as though it was scripted by the angels, the … [Read more...] about Mary Higgins Clark on Leading the St. Patrick’s Day Parade