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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Post-Twitter Chaos: The Kids Are in Play

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
September/ October 2018

September 1, 2018 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/tom-deignan/">Tom Deignan</a>, Columnist<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/september-october-2018/">September/ October 2018</a> Leave a Comment

Lots of headlines, rumors, and rage were generated when ABC cancelled the reboot of Roseanne Barr’s classic sitcom, which had generated high ratings for the network. The controversial star – a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, which was evident in the politically-charged show – had sent racist material out on social media. ABC ultimately yanked Barr’s new program … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Post-Twitter Chaos: The Kids Are in Play

September 17, 1903

On this day in 1903, Irish American writer Frank O’Connor was born in Cork, Ireland. In 1918, O’Connor joined the Irish Republican Army and helped fight in the war for independence. However, he opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was imprisoned for being one of the Anti-Treaty combatants. After his release, O’Connor served briefly as a managing director at Dublin’s Abbey Theater, but then accepted a teaching position in the U.S. Many of O’Connor’s short stories were published in The New Yorker, for which he received much acclaim. His memoir, An Only Child, was also very successful.

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