• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Irish America

Irish America

Irish America

  • HOME
  • WHO WE ARE
    • ABOUT US
    • OUR CONTRIBUTORS
  • IN THIS ISSUE
  • HALL OF FAME
  • THE LISTS
    • BUSINESS 100
    • HALL OF FAME
    • HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 50
    • WALL STREET 50
  • LIBRARY
  • TRAVEL
  • EVENTS

Conor McPherson

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colfer's Fiction Soon to Become a Small-Screen Reality

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Memorial Day is going to feel more like a sequel to St. Patrick’s Day when the sci-fi fantasy flick Artemis Fowl – with loads of Irish talent in front of and behind the camera – kicks off the summer blockbuster season.Let’s start with the author of the book series on which the Harry Potter-esque film is based. That would be Wexford native Eoin Colfer, whose Fowl books have … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colfer's Fiction Soon to Become a Small-Screen Reality

Hibernia: The Weir
Travels to Milwaukee

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater is producing The Weir by Conor McPherson, one of Ireland's hottest new playwrights. The play will run from October 22 to November 12 at the Steimke Theatre. A story full of ghostly tales and a tragic secret, it has been hailed as "a modern classic" by the Daily Telegraph. ♦ … [Read more...] about Hibernia: The Weir
Travels to Milwaukee

Hibernia: The eircom
Dublin Theatre Festival

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

For the first two weeks in October, Dublin will once again host a smorgasbord of exciting theater from throughout the Fair City. The eircom Dublin Theatre Festival will offer both epic and intimate productions and merge theater, film, and music.Kicking off the festival will be Dracula, the Music and Film, a one-of-a-kind production that will transform the National Concert Hall … [Read more...] about Hibernia: The eircom
Dublin Theatre Festival

Primary Sidebar

Featured Video

Featured Podcast

News from the Irish Post

  • Plans to reform triple lock on Irish overseas troop deployment confirmed

    TÁNAISTE Simon Harris, has confirmed that the Irish government will bring forward legislation lat...

  • Fresh faces in Hallgrimsson’s Ireland squad for summer matches

    REPUBLIC of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has named four uncapped players in his squad for ...

  • London borough celebrates Irish connections as Councillor Ryan Hack becomes youngest ever Mayor

    COUNCILLOR Ryan Hack has been elected as the new Mayor of Brent, becoming the borough’s First Cit...

  • Interim report released into sinking of luxury yacht Bayesian

    AN interim report into the sinking of the luxury superyacht Bayesian has offered the most detaile...

May 23, 2011

American President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle landed in Ireland on the first day of a six-day European tour. He met with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and then President Mary McAleese, before visiting relatives in the village of Moneygall, Co. Offaly, form where his great-great-great grandfather Folmouth Kearney left in 1850 at the age of 19. He drank a pint of Guinness, as did his wife, in Ollie Hayes pub. Obama also gave a speech in College Green, Dublin to a crowd of 25,000, and planted a tree in Phoenix Park.

Footer

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Subscribe

  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Newsletter

Additional

  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 · IrishAmerica Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in