With the Oscars over and Hollywood royalty officially crowned once again, perhaps now is a good time to look at the Irish movie landscape and see what stars are up-and-coming. County Louth actress Evanna Lynch recently got the career break of a lifetime and she's just 14 years old. Lynch beat out thousands of girls across Ireland and the United Kingdom to land a role in the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
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St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Paddy's day will see loads of parades and partying across the country this year, with themed parades, special events and concerts aplenty. In New York, Timothy J. Rooney will lead the 245th Saint Patrick's Day Parade down Fifth Avenue. This year the parade is dedicated to the fighting 69th Taskforce Wolfhound, 19 of whose members were killed in action in Iraq. On the West … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
The Descendants of Niall
Are you related to Niall of the Nine Hostages? In a recent study by geneticist Daniel Bradley and his colleagues at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, which was reported in the February issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, it is suggested that at least one in every 12 Irishmen worldwide and one in every five in the northwest of … [Read more...] about The Descendants of Niall
Springtime Brings Irish Theatre to Milwaukee
Springtime Theater in Milwaukee will feature a variety of Irish works throughout March and April in various theaters around the city. The University of Wisconsin, Madison theater program, will present Brian Friel's Philadelphia Here I Come in March, with a special St. Patrick's night performance scheduled. The play, which won a Tony Award on Broadway in 1966, is Friel's first … [Read more...] about Springtime Brings Irish Theatre to Milwaukee
Faith Healer
Brian Friel's latest play Faith Healer opened on February 7 at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. The play revolves around a faith healer named Frank Hardy who has toured with his manager (Teddy) and wife (Grace) around the rural villages of Wales and Scotland but is now returning home to Ballybeg, the fictional Donegal village that features in several of Friel's plays. The play … [Read more...] about Faith Healer