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Brian O'Byrne

St. Pat’s for All

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2015

March 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The 15th Annual St. Pat’s for All Parade took place the first Sunday of March in Queens, New York. Established as a counter to the exclusion of LGBTQ groups marching under their own banner from the Fifth Avenue parade, St. Pat’s for All has become a political touchstone of the season. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio attended, as he did last year, instead of the Fifth Avenue … [Read more...] about St. Pat’s for All

UCD Smurfit School Honors O’Bryne

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2015

December 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The 12th annual University College, Dublin Smurfit New York Benefit Dinner was held in the Metropolitan Club on Wednesday, November 5. Over 240 guests attended and supported the school’s scholarship fund. Brian O’Bryne, chief executive officer and so-founder, INOV8 Beverage and Consulting Hydrive Energy LLC was honored for his achievements and acknowledged by guests Jimmy … [Read more...] about UCD Smurfit School Honors O’Bryne

Brían O’Byrne Wins a Tony

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2004

August 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

When he learned he had just won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a play, Irish actor Brían O'Byrne took to the stage looking stunned. "I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who's speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV," he said. "But it might be just what you get." Who cares if it makes for good TV? O'Byrne has shown he can rule the … [Read more...] about Brían O’Byrne Wins a Tony

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May 13, 1842

The composer Arthur Sullivan was born in London to an Irish Italian mother, Mary Coughan and Irish-born father, Thomas Sullivan. Sullivan composed his first anthem at age 8. At age 14, he was awarded a scholarship to the London Academy of Music. Sullivan began a collaboration with W.S. Gilbert to create the comic opera “Thespis.” He would work with Giblert on fourteen light operas in all, including The Pirates of Penzance and the Mikado. Sullivan’s “Irish Symphony” was first performed in March 1866. He wrote it on holiday in Ireland: “As I was jolting home through wind and rain… in an open jaunting-car, the whole first movement of a symphony came into my head with a real Irish flavor about it – besides scraps of the other movements.”

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