Irish America

Irish America

Evanna Lynch

News Roundup January 28, 2023

By Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter January 28, 2023

by Leave a Comment

St Brigid's Day Becomes an Irish Bank Holiday St Brigid, one of only three female patron saints of Ireland, is getting her own public holiday. Starting Monday, February 6, 2023, St Brigid’s day will be a recurring public (also known as a bank) holiday to observed annually on the first Monday of every February, except when the first falls on a Friday, it will be observed on a … [Read more...] about News Roundup January 28, 2023

Hibernia Arts:
Enda Walsh Gets a Revival and a Premiere

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
February / March 2018

by Leave a Comment

Irish playwright Enda Walsh had a bit of a New York moment in January, with the joint stagings of two of his plays. In Manhattan, his 1996 play Disco Pigs is being revived for its 20th anniversary at the Irish Repertory Theater, starring Harry Potter actress Evanna Lynch and Colin Campbell as the drama’s sole characters, Runt and Pig. The play, which has ben extended through … [Read more...] about Hibernia Arts:
Enda Walsh Gets a Revival and a Premiere

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Simon Fitzmaurice, Director with ALS, Makes U.S. Feature Film Debut

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
April / May 2017

by Leave a Comment

Simon Fitzmaurice has already lived a life more incredible than any movie. Back in 2008, Fitzmaurice, from Wicklow, was a promising filmmaker who’d had a short film screened at the Sundance Film Festival. But soon after he was diagnosed with what is known as A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The illness progressed to the point that Fitzmaurice lost all mobility and speech. Yet … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Simon Fitzmaurice, Director with ALS, Makes U.S. Feature Film Debut