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Richard Harris

Richard Harris: Outstanding in The Field

By Stephen Talty
February 1991

July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment

At 60 and after a career of 40-odd films, Rlchard Harris had spent most of the last decade out of sight and out of mind in the Bahamas. What has brought him back from a life of beachcombing is the lead role in The Field, the latest movie from the Jim Sheridan/Noel Pearson duo of Oscar-winning My Left Foot fame. He also had an acclaimed stint as Henry lV in London's West End and … [Read more...] about Richard Harris: Outstanding in The Field

Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America

Written by Sharon Ní Chonchúir and Emily Moriarty

December 15, 2022 by 1 Comment

Advocate for Women's Health Dies Ireland lost an outstanding advocate for women’s health when Vicky Phelan died at the age of 48 on Monday, November 14. Vicky first came to public attention outside the Irish Court on April 25, 2018. That was when she first told her story of being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2014, three years after a smear test had shown no … [Read more...] about Hibernia: News from Ireland and Irish America

Bringing it All Back Home

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by 1 Comment

Four new festivals, intended to embrace the diaspora, some 70 million, and entice them back to Ireland, were announced in August. The Global Irish Festival Series is part of a partnership effort between the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and its tourism body, Fáilte Ireland. The first in the festival series “I.NY” will kick off in Limerick City on October 7 with a wide … [Read more...] about Bringing it All Back Home

Those We Lost

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2003

April 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Richard Harris.

From acclaimed actors, musicians, novelists and sports writers, to daring athletes and caring doctors, we lost some of our finest citizens in the past year, including William McCool, one of the seven astronauts who died in the space shuttle Columbia tragedy and two gifted, world famous entertainers, singer Rosemary Clooney and actor Richard Harris. ℘℘℘ Most notices of Richard … [Read more...] about Those We Lost

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Daniel McCarthy talks to Daniel Baldwin on the set of Irish Eyes.

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

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Actor Richard Todd, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cpl. Lachlan McLachlan in 1949’s The Hasty Heart, was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin. After training for a military career, Todd changed his sights and enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts in London. He first appeared in a production of Twelfth Night in 1936. Todd enlisted in the British Army during World War II. After his successful role in The Hasty Heart, he appeared in several more films including The Longest Day (1962.) He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 and died on December 9, 2009.

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