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Hibernia | The Irish Father of the American Band
During 1992, the centennial of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore’s death, many cities across the United States…
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Chicago’s Irish Heritage Center As bidding around the table became tense, one Irishman whispered to…
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Yitzhak Shamir and Michael Collins Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was born Yitzhak Yzernitsky in 1915,…
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Kenny and Higgins Make State Visits to U.S.
Two Irish leaders graced America’s eastern shores this fall – Taoiseach Enda Kenny and President Michael D. Higgins both visited the United States in late September of the year, the […]
Presidential Distinguished Service Awards 2015
Actor Gabriel Byrne, businessman Tom Moran, solicitor Gareth Peirce, and author Mario Vargas Llosa are among the recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad for 2015. […]
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Casting “The Rising”
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, which paved the way for (first) the Irish War for Independence and then the partition of Ireland north […]
A Year for Ad-Meyer-ers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers recently joined Ron Perlman and a large cast in the September film Stonewall, capturing the moment in New York City, in 1969, when many agree the modern […]
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Irish Film Festival Favorites
Autumn means two things in the movie business: lots of film festivals as well as prestigious movies aimed at snagging Oscar nominations, which are traditionally announced in January. Among the […]
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Fassbender
Then there are the movies being released in the run-up to the Oscars. The Irish feature prominently in a number of top-flight films with strong odds to be in the Academy […]