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Phil Donahue

LOOK WHO’S TALKING:
An Interview With Phil Donahue

By Michael Scanlon

August 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment

October 1990: IN THE beginning, there was Phil. The others followed  and they continue to follow. !t was in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and a new form of television was about to be born. Up to that time, television only showed the back of the audience's heads, and the extent of the people’s participation on a show was to react to a big sign off-camera which said: Applaud! Enter … [Read more...] about

LOOK WHO’S TALKING:
An Interview With Phil Donahue

Cherish the Lady:
Joanie Madden Receives
Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
January / February 2019

December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Talk show legend Phil Donahue presented Joanie Madden with the O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award.

New York-based Irish American Writers & Artists bestowed the prestigious Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award to traditional Irish musician Joanie Madden at a formal ceremony at the Manhattan Club, upstairs at Rosie O’Grady’s, New York, on Monday, November 12. The nonprofit group celebrated Madden’s continued contributions to traditional Irish music in America and … [Read more...] about Cherish the Lady:
Joanie Madden Receives
Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award

Eugene O’Neill Awards

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Television host and entertainer Phil Donahue (second from left) was awarded with the Irish American Writers and Artists’ annual Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in a dinner gala ceremony at New York City’s Manhattan Club in October. Pictured with Donahue above are IAW&A director Maria Deasy, Rosie O’Donnell, and IAW&A presenter Mark Butler. Donahue is awarded … [Read more...] about Eugene O’Neill Awards

Coming Up: Extraordinary Events in Irish America

By Irish America Staff
October 6, 2017

October 6, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Five upcoming or ongoing events to watch out for if you're in the area ℘℘℘ Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History, which premiered last year in San Francisco to correspond with the centenary of the 1916 Rising, is coming to Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral on October 12. The one-night performance will illuminate 140 years … [Read more...] about Coming Up: Extraordinary Events in Irish America

Talk-Show Pioneer Phil Donahue to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2017

October 1, 2017 by 2 Comments

Television talk-show pioneer, writer, and film producer Phil Donahue will receive the Irish American Writers and Artists’ 2017 annual Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in October during a ceremony in New York. Kathleen Walsh D’Arcy, IAW&A board member and co-chair of the St. Pat’s For All Parade, which is held in Queens, New York, praised the choice of Donahue. “He … [Read more...] about Talk-Show Pioneer Phil Donahue to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

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