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Ireland’s Preeminent Contemporary Playwright Tom Murphy on Druid Theatre Company’s Return to the US

By Cahir O'Doherty, Irish Voice Arts Editor
July 12, 2012

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This week, Galway’s Tony winning Druid Theatre Company will present a mini-retrospective of three of the most accomplished plays of Irish playwright Tom Murphy at Druid Murphy, an exciting festival in his honor that will be staged at Lincoln Center beginning July 5. Murphy, 77, has famously been described by Colm Toibin as “the writer whom other Irish writers most admire.” … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Preeminent Contemporary Playwright Tom Murphy on Druid Theatre Company’s Return to the US

Lifetime Achievement Award For Fionnula Flanagan

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
April / May 2012

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Fionnula Flanagan Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Irish Oscars” Legendary Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) in Dublin, on February 11. The award, presented by Irish President Michael D. Higgins, was given in recognition of her accomplished and varied career as an actor, … [Read more...] about Lifetime Achievement Award For Fionnula Flanagan

Rural Ireland: The Inside Story

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2012

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Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art is giving visitors a rare look at the daily lives of Irish country people in the nineteenth century. Once thought to be an unpopular subject among Irish artists in the 1800s, who often focused on the grander “big house” themes and landscapes, the rural Irish population comes to life in this expansive and carefully curated … [Read more...] about Rural Ireland: The Inside Story

Painting the Burren

By Andy Weeks, Contributor
April / May 2012

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Andy Weeks, a New York-based artist, finds inspiration in Clare’s rocky landscape. Two years ago, my wife and I decided to visit Ireland.  We were in the process of buying a house outside of New York and we knew that the cost of it all would keep us from traveling for a while. The trip would be our last extravagance before we focused our attention and our money on the … [Read more...] about Painting the Burren

The New Irish Songwriter: James Vincent McMorrow

By Tara Dougherty, Music Editor
April / May 2012

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A spring tour in Australia on the immediate horizon, thoughts brewing of a sophomore album and the world at his feet, James Vincent McMorrow has stormed onto the scene from virtual nothingness in the last year. It was January of last year that the Dublin native’s debut album, Early In the Morning, found its way to my desk for review, and I was completely stunned. In many ways, … [Read more...] about The New Irish Songwriter: James Vincent McMorrow