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Irish Eye on Hollywood:
True Story of Irish Frontiersman

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The new year will kick off with three movies showcasing lots of young Irish acting talent. First up is the highly anticipated new epic from Birdman director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Entitled The Revenant, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Irish thespian Domhnall Gleeson, fresh off his latest star-making turn alongside Saoirse Ronan in the Irish immigrant tale … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
True Story of Irish Frontiersman

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Jesus Makes Another Comeback

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Finally, in January, there is Risen, a new telling of the Biblical story of Jesus’ resurrection. This version is told through the eyes of a skeptical Roman named Clavius, who sets out to prove that nothing special happened when a carpenter named Jesus, who ran afoul of the local authorities, supposedly rose from the dead following his crucifixion. Risen stars Joseph Fiennes and … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Jesus Makes Another Comeback

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Macken Goes From the Night Shift to the Forest

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Next up is the horror flick The Forest, starring Dublin native Eoin Macken. The 32-year-old Macken, who attended University College, Dublin, is branching out after spending several years as a model for major brands such as Abercrombie and Fitch and Ralph Lauren. The Forest is set in Japan and revolves around unexplained events which keep on happening in a spooky forest. The … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Macken Goes From the Night Shift to the Forest

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Sarah Bolger Is Into The Badlands

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Dubliner Sarah Bolger (left) was seen recently in the (American) football film My All American, alongside Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, and Robin Tunney. Also in late 2015, the actress – best known for starring alongside her sister Emma in Jim Sheridan’s touching 2003 Irish immigrant film In America – kicked off the new AMC martial arts series Into the Badlands. Also starring … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Sarah Bolger Is Into The Badlands

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Keogh – From Scorpion to King Fergus

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Irish actor Glenn Keogh – who has appeared in the cable drama Sons of Anarchy as well as one of the entries in the Transformers film franchise – will star as King Fergus in an upcoming two-hour episode of ABC’s fantasy series Once Upon a Time. Keogh is also a star in the CBS drama, Scorpion. ♦ … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Keogh – From Scorpion to King Fergus

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May 26, 1366

The statutes of Kilkenny passed. The Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty-five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1366. The laws were ordained to put a stop to the Anglo-Normans becoming more Irish than the Irish themselves. Under the statutes, marriage between the Anglo-Normans (English) and the Irish was banned. No English man could sell an Irishman a horse or arms even in peacetime. There was even a ban on Irish games. . . “do not, henceforth, use the plays which men call horlings, with great sticks and a ball upon the ground, from which great evils and maims have arisen….”

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