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The Irish in Film Rule 2018

By Olivia O'Mahoney
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by </a> By Olivia O'Mahoney<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/april-may-2018/">April / May 2018</a> Leave a Comment

Martin McDonagh and Saoirse Ronan continue to dominate the 2018 awards season, with McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri claiming the British Academy Film Award for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay and the Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Film. Ronan took home the IFTA for Best Actress thanks to her performance in the much-lauded … [Read more...] about The Irish in Film Rule 2018

Maudie: A Love Story

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/patricia-harty/">Patricia Harty</a>, Editor-in-Chief<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2017-archive/june-july-2017/">June / July 2017</a> 3 Comments

Irish director Aisling Walsh talks to Patricia Harty about her latest film. ℘℘℘ Set in Nova Scotia and filmed in Newfoundland, Maudie is based on the true story of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (Sally Hawkins) and the unlikely romance between Maud and a hardened reclusive bachelor, Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke). Lovingly brought to the screen by Dublin-born … [Read more...] about Maudie: A Love Story

October 21, 1904

Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh was born in Co. Monaghan on this day in 1904. Kavanagh is perhaps most famous for his epic poem “The Great Hunger” which chronicles the desires of peasant farmer Patrick Maguire. Kavanagh is also well known for his poem “Raglan Road” which was eventually made into a song and set to the music “The Dawning of the Day” by Luke Kelly and The Dubliners. Poet Seamus Heaney has acknowledge that Kavanagh had a great influence on his own poems.

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