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Tom Deignan

Podcasts | From Books and TV to Family and Faith, Guests Open Up About All Things Irish with host Tom Deignan

By Tom Deignan

Fall 2026

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Mary Beth Keane   What is your new novel Whale Harbor (out in November) about? This book came most immediately from my own family. My dad was the second of 11 siblings, like the main character, Macdara, in Whale Harbor. He lost his mother when he was 19. He had a five-year-old brother, Gerry, and all these other siblings. They lived in a rural part of Connemara and spoke Irish. … [Read more...] about Podcasts | From Books and TV to Family and Faith, Guests Open Up About All Things Irish with host Tom Deignan

What Are You Like? John Doyle

By Tom Deignan

Fall 2026

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 It’s been more than 30 years now since the trailblazing group Solas – with John Doyle on guitar – changed the way people around the world think about Irish music, along with legendary songwriter and performer Seamus Egan, fiddler Winifred Horan, vocalist Karan Casey, and accordionist John Williams, Doyle and Solas – meaning “light” in Irish – seamlessly blended Irish, folk, … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? John Doyle

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan

Fall 2026

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Walk the Blue Fields Movie productions don’t get much more Irish than the forthcoming romantic drama Walk the Blue Fields, based on the book by celebrated Wicklow-born writer Claire Keegan. Playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir) is adapting Walk the Blue Fields, which will be directed by Irish-born John Crowley (Brooklyn, The Goldfinch). Walk the Blue Fields is about a … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

The Irish America Magazine Podcast: Brian Dooley and Anne Cadwallader

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IA Newsletter, September 26 2026

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Derry, Ireland: Anne Cadwallader and Brian Dooley discuss their latest works, which focus on human rights. Brian, who is a Senior Advisor at Human Rights First and a Professor of Practice at Queens University Belfast, is the author of Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America, and other works. His latest book is called Defiant, and … [Read more...] about The Irish America Magazine Podcast: Brian Dooley and Anne Cadwallader

Irish America Podcast

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Born in the Bronx to Irish immigrant parents, Mary Beth Keane is best known for writing deep, character-driven fiction that explores complex family dynamics, Irish-American heritage, lifelong marriage, and human struggles like mental illness and addiction. Her new novel, Whale Harbor is scheduled for publication by Scribner on September 29, 2026. With Whale Harbor, the … [Read more...] about Irish America Podcast