"There were men and women, over their fences, shouting names and spitting and pulling people's hair...and then a bomb flew over. Father Troy told us all to run. I thought everyone was going to die." Roisin Crawford was nine years of age during the infamous Holy Cross protest of 2001, when a group of Loyalist protesters, claiming provocation from local Republicans (including … [Read more...] about Holy Cross, the Untold Story
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Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
84, still fiery and wearing red, Maureen O'Hara stood before 700 guests at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last September as she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. Coupled with the publication of her autobiography 'Tis Herself, Ms. O'Hara has had a good year. These remarkable achievements only make up a handful of what the screen beauty has accomplished in … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
84, still fiery and wearing red, Maureen O'Hara stood before 700 guests at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last September as she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. Coupled with the publication of her autobiography 'Tis Herself, Ms. O'Hara has had a good year. These remarkable achievements only make up a handful of what the screen beauty has accomplished in … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot
On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara coast. It's a smallish hummock of an islet -- a mile long by a half-mile wide, lying a stone's throw from the Eyrephort pier and a 15-minute drive further east to Clifden. One of a score of Galway offshores -- neither as famous as the tourist-trod Arans, nor as sacred as neighboring Omey -- … [Read more...] about The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot
The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot
On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara coast. It's a smallish hummock of an islet -- a mile long by a half-mile wide, lying a stone's throw from the Eyrephort pier and a 15-minute drive further east to Clifden. One of a score of Galway offshores -- neither as famous as the tourist-trod Arans, nor as sacred as neighboring Omey -- … [Read more...] about The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot