Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
84, still fiery and wearing red, Maureen O’Hara stood before 700 guests at the Irish Film and Television Awards in...
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April / May 2005
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Maureen O’Hara: The Queen of Technicolor
84, still fiery and wearing red, Maureen O’Hara stood before 700 guests at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last September as she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. Coupled...
MoreFirst Word: The Best & The Brightest
When we compiled our first Top 100 list in 1985, we did it to show that the Irish had not all vanished into the mainstream of American life but were still a viable ethnic group. Almost 20 years...
MoreNews From Ireland
Setbacks Send Sinn Féin Reeling Having been at the center of the peace process and made huge electoral gains north and south of the border, the year has begun disastrously for Sinn Féin. A series...
MoreNews in Brief
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahem led a 200-strong trade delegation to China in an effort to increase trade and develop investment opportunities between the two countries. Contacts between Dublin and Beijing...
MoreOscars and Golden Globes
The Hollywood award season is in full swing, and the Irish are making their usual strong showing. Up for an Academy Award for best screenplay is Hotel Rwanda, which also was up for a Globe as best...
MoreMaking the Universal Story
Colum McCann’s writing is so intensely visual that adapting his work to the visual realm is a delicate task indeed. This year, Gary McKendry, a young director from Northern Ireland, succeeded...
MoreIrish Raise Funds for Tsunami Relief
Two Irish nationals were listed among the dead in the massive toll from the December 26 tsunami in Far East Asia. The bodies of Eilis Finnegan, 27, from Dublin and Conor Keightley, 31, from...
MoreSt. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Chicagoeans will celebrate by dying the river green. In Boston, it’s a city holiday (officially it’s Evacuation Day). In New York City, Grand Marshal Denis Kelleher from County Kerry will...
MoreIrish Eye on Hollywood
A recent New York Times article about the next installment of the Batman movie series was headlined “Batman Now Speaks With a British Accent.” That may be true regarding Christian Bale,...
MoreIrish Team Win the Yukon Arctic Ultra
Just walking around the block in the daunting cold of Canada’s far north is a test. Try hiking 100 miles across frozen rivers, through deep woods and over wind-scoured hills. Five Irishmen took...
MoreCeltic Voices
Six Weeks of Music from Ireland, Scotland and England Satalla, New York City’s premier world music venue, presents Celtic Voices, a series of Irish and Scottish musical performances throughout...
MoreCorr Kicks Off the Craic
The Craic Film Fleadh, now in its seventh year, premiered a number of Irish and Irish-American films in New York City, March 2 – 5. The Gala Opening night featured The Boys and Girl from Clare,...
MoreThe Ceilidh Trail
Trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, June 18-24, 2005. It is said there are more fiddles per square mile in Cape Breton than anywhere else in the world. Join us as we leave from Newark, NJ...
MoreRaise the Roof
Raise the Roof, a documentary on the building and opening of the Glór Irish Music Centre in Co. Clare, had its New York City premiere on February 24. Produced and directed by Patrick Farrelly and...
MoreHibernia
Irish Eye on Hollywood
A recent New York Times article about the next installment of the Batman movie series was headlined...
The Ceilidh Trail
Trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, June 18-24, 2005. It is said there are more fiddles...
Corr Kicks Off the Craic
The Craic Film Fleadh, now in its seventh year, premiered a number of Irish and Irish-American...
Irish Raise Funds for Tsunami Relief
Two Irish nationals were listed among the dead in the massive toll from the December 26 tsunami in...
Making the Universal Story
Colum McCann’s writing is so intensely visual that adapting his work to the visual realm is a...
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Chicagoeans will celebrate by dying the river green. In Boston, it’s a city holiday...
Celtic Voices
Six Weeks of Music from Ireland, Scotland and England Satalla, New York City’s premier world...
News in Brief
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahem led a 200-strong trade delegation to China in an effort to increase trade and...
Irish Team Win the Yukon Arctic Ultra
Just walking around the block in the daunting cold of Canada’s far north is a test. Try...
Raise the Roof
Raise the Roof, a documentary on the building and opening of the Glór Irish Music Centre in Co....
News From Ireland
Setbacks Send Sinn Féin Reeling Having been at the center of the peace process and made huge...
Oscars and Golden Globes
The Hollywood award season is in full swing, and the Irish are making their usual strong showing....