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John Ford:
A True Film Pioneer

By Martin Scorsese
April / May 2017

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Film director Martin Scorsese was honored with the John Ford Award at the annual Irish Film and Television Awards presentation in Dublin on February 25th 2017 . Scorsese was a huge fan of Ford as he explains in the following excerpt from a lecture given to the American Irish Historical Society.  ℘℘℘ John Ford was a true film pioneer. He began directing in his mid-teens. His … [Read more...] about John Ford:
A True Film Pioneer

Hollywood’s Irish Trinity

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
December / January 2015

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For all of the bluster surrounding the John Ford and John Wayne relationship, and the sizzling chemistry of Maureen O’Hara and Wayne, Scott Eyman’s book, John Wayne: The Life and Legend, is particularly insightful about how this magical trio managed to make such enduring films. While there’s plenty of gossipy sections about Wayne’s marriages and Ford’s tantrums, its great … [Read more...] about Hollywood’s Irish Trinity

Director John Ford Celebrated with Irish Symposium

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
June / July 2012

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The inaugural John Ford Ireland Film Symposium will take place in Dublin over four days, June 7-10. The symposium’s screenings, talks and events will center on Ford’s own films, in addition to other films and filmmakers inspired by his work and legacy. Ford, whose parents were born in the west of Ireland,  directed 137 films throughout his prolific career, including The … [Read more...] about Director John Ford Celebrated with Irish Symposium

Maureen O’Hara: “The Greatest Guy”

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief

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This interview with silver screen legend Maureen O'Hara was the cover story for the June/July 2004 issue of Irish America (above left). O'Hara was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame in 2011 (center ) she greets fans as she arrives at the Irish America Hall of Fame Museum in New Ross, Co. Wexford. Right, O'Hara graces the cover of the April/May 2005 issue as one of the … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara: “The Greatest Guy”

Maureen O’Hara

Hollywood Colleen

By T.J. English, Contributor
October / November 2000

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Throughout her film career, Maureen O'Hara captured the essence of the Irish colleen in all its contradictions. In The Quiet Man, as Mary Kate, she went toe-to-toe with John Wayne's Jack Thornton, in one of the most rugged screen courtships in the history of film. ℘℘℘ There were a lot of Irish actors in Hollywood at that time, weren't there? Yes, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara

Hollywood Colleen