Irish America
By Aidan Quinn
April / May 2018
Actor Aidan Quinn on how Dostoyevsky changed his life and made him a better performer. ℘℘℘ My father was an English teacher, and my family moved back and forth between Ireland and the United States. In my house, you couldn’t go anywhere without tripping over books by Beckett, O’Casey, Yeats, and all the other great Irish writers. When I was young, however, I was more focused … [Read more...] about The World Is Just A Book Away
By Brendán Cummings, Contributor
October / November 2004
The surname Quinn is derived from the Irish word O'Cuinn meaning "descending from Conn." Conn comes from the Irish word ceann, meaning "head," and denotes a person of high intelligence. Since Conn was a common name, there are five separate septs of this family. They came from different parts of counties Tyrone, Longford, Clare, and Antrim. Niall O'Cuinn was one of those killed … [Read more...] about Roots: The Quinn Clan – Descendants of Conn
By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003
At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in May, two Irish movies quickly sold out: Jim Sheridan's In America and Aidan Quinn's Song for a Raggy Boy. Sheridan's movie, based on his own experience as a recently arrived immigrant to New York, left not a dry eye in the house. Release date is set for November. Quinn's movie meanwhile is set in an Irish reform school for boys … [Read more...] about Irish Films Wow New York Audiences…and Bono & Daniel Smoke Outside
By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002
With fellow actor Daniel Day-Lewis, Aidan Quinn was one of the first to volunteer at St Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan and was put to work hauling ice for chilling blood. "I was feeling so helpless watching the TV -- I wanted to feel useful," he said afterwards. Quinn, who resides in New Jersey, with a second home in upstate New York, witnessed at close quarters the … [Read more...] about Aidan Quinn: A Helping Hand
