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Lar never had much luck
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Lar never had much luck
Tom Phelan’s critically acclaimed novels include "The Canal Bridge," "Nailer" and most recently “Lies the Mushroom Pickers Told.” Below is the late...
Story of Cyril, Ireland over 70 years
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Story of Cyril, Ireland over 70 years
John Boyne. PHOTO BY RICH GILLIGAN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “The Heart’s Invisible Furies” proves that its author “is not just one o...
Collins gets music’s nuance, complexity
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Collins gets music’s nuance, complexity
Michael O’Chonfhlaola is the middle-period Joe Heaney in “Song of Granite,” an impressive, beautiful film, which tells the sean-nós singer’s story ...
Salmon Cakes for Supper
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Salmon Cakes for Supper
MANYAKOTIC | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Salmon Cakes for Supper I’ve just returned from a 10-day visit to Scotland whe...
Compelling story of men at work
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Compelling story of men at work
Colin Broderick’s “Emerald City” gets its Chicago premiere tomorrow night. By Mike Houlihan Colin Broderick’s film “Emerald City” sneaks up on you....
Jesuits minister on the margins
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Jesuits minister on the margins
The Rev. Joseph Mulligan S.J. in Nicaragua in 2010. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott Paul Johnson’s move across the ...
Mayo-set ‘Wet Grass' set for NYC premiere
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Mayo-set ‘Wet Grass' set for NYC premiere
Actors Paul Nugent and Anna Nugent, composer Markéta Irglová and screenwriter Seamus Scanlon were pictured at this year's Dublin launch of Irish Sc...
Dance-halls talk a BC highlight
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Dance-halls talk a BC highlight
The organizers from NUI Galway, Verena Commins and Méabh Ní Fhuartáin. By Colleen Taylor It's so easy, when listening to music, to close yourself o...
Collins picked singers to portray Heaney
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Collins picked singers to portray Heaney
Colm Seoighe plays Joe at 10 years of age. By Daniel Neely On this Saturday, “Song of Granite,” a cinematic dramatization of the life of the immort...
Atlantic City: land of dreams tried, dreams failed
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Atlantic City: land of dreams tried, dreams failed
A scene from “The Dunning Man.” By Mike Houlihan We chose Kevin Fortuna’s new film “The Dunning Man” to open our 3rd Annual Irish-American Movie Ho...
The man who knew everything
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The man who knew everything
Durt Donovan’s claimed areas of expertise extended far beyond his vocational knowledge of farm animals. ROLLINGNEWS. IE By Tom Phelan For all the y...
Sheridan feature for ISA fest
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Sheridan feature for ISA fest
A scene from Jim Sheridan’s “The Secret Scripture.” Irish Screen America launched its 2017 program in Dublin earlier this month, unveiling a line-u...

 

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