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Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
April / May 2017

March 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Making the rounds and earning raves at film festivals is Irish boxer John Duddy’s acting debut Emerald City. The film, written by Northern Irish native Colin Broderick and produced by Irish Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle, looks at more recent Irish immigrant laborers in New York City. As the Derry Journal newspaper noted: “The identity of the Irish worker in New York finds … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves

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