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Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Dunning Man Adaptation Hits the Festival Circuit

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by 1 Comment

Writer Kevin Fortuna’s collection of stories The Dunning Man was heaped with praise when it was released a few years back. “The mostly Irish American characters... should know better by now,” Parade magazine said. “That they don’t... is what makes them so compelling and all too real.” The title story of the collection has now been turned into a feature film, set in the gritty … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Dunning Man Adaptation Hits the Festival Circuit

Weekly Comment: Support an Irish Non-Profit with California Wine

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
May 13, 2016

May 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Irish humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide and Lot18, an online wine retailer, have partnered this month for a unique and drinkable fundraising effort – a limited-edition Concern label wine. For each bottle sold, more than $4 per bottle, 20% of the proceeds, will go directly to Concern. The partnership was developed by Kevin Fortuna, CEO of Lot18 and a long-time board … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: Support an Irish Non-Profit with California Wine

Review of Books

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by 7 Comments

FICTION The Dunning Man By Kevin Fortuna The characters in The Dunning Man are your friends, your wives and husbands, your acquaintances you see too seldom and when you see them again you remember why you hadn’t seen them in a while. They are both better and worse versions of the people we could be and the people we know. This duality is possible because Kevin Fortuna has an … [Read more...] about Review of Books

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July 25th marks the feast of St. James in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. Dubliners celebrate this day by holding an annual drinking festival, which has been a tradition since the medieval era. Likewise, Irish pilgrims who choose to honor St. James and walk the Santiago de Compostela in Spain, often leave from St. James’s Gate in Dublin, where the Guinness factory is fittingly located.

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