Neil Jordan's newest film, The Butcher Boy, is perhaps the most stunningly original. Darkly hilarious, and set in what Jordan calls the "disappearing" world of isolated, rural Ireland, The Butcher Boy looks set to earn a place among the most important Irish films of all time. Brian Rohan spoke to Jordan, The Butcher Boy author, and Pat McCabe and County Cavan schoolboy Eamonn … [Read more...] about Coming of Age with Neil Jordan
March April 1998 Issue
Celtic Cowboys, Poets and Musicians
At first glance, the Irish Brigade in Elko seemed a bit out of place amid the sea of ten-gallon hats, blue jeans, and high-heeled cowboy boots. Elko, after all, is the home of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the premier celebration of the folk traditions of the American West. So this Nevada gold-mining, high desert town is used to playing host to buckaroo bards, rappin' ropers, … [Read more...] about Celtic Cowboys, Poets and Musicians
The Great Victor Herbert
Republished in October / November 2012 from the March / April 1998 issue.
The Irish composer of such American favorites as “Naughty Marietta,” and “Sweethearts” is the subject of a five-month-long exhibition at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Jack Callahan tells Herbert's story. Before George M. Cohan was packing the theaters, another Irishman’s star shone bright on Broadway. Victor Herbert, one of the most appreciated composers to ever … [Read more...] about The Great Victor Herbert