Irish America

Irish Eyes

New Irish Historical Exhibit is not just Run-of-the-Mill

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2016

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The Irish Club of Willmantic and the Windham Textile and History Museum in Willmantic, CT, have co-sponsored a new exhibit that examines Irish immigrant workers and their descendants. The exhibit, “Irish Eyes: The Irish Experience in a Connecticut Mill Town,” uses interactive installments, including machine and hand cut turf, an immigration game, and musical instruments … [Read more...] about New Irish Historical Exhibit is not just Run-of-the-Mill

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
December / January 2003

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Inspired by what he calls "credit card filmmakers" such as fellow Irish Americans Kevin Smith and Ed Burns, Daniel McCarthy ran up the bill on his pocket plastic to make his crime caper Irish Eyes, which will have its East Coast premiere in Boston on November 23. The saga begins in 1955 in the Irish stronghold of South Boston. On the docks, the influence of the Irish mob is … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood