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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Weir’ by Conor McPherson at the Irish Rep
There is nothing like a ghostly story to perk up one's mind and ears. And for three men and a woman in a remote pub in rural Ireland, the stories are real, even though in the light of dawn, ghosts fade away.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Weir’ by Conor McPherson at the Irish Repertory Theatre
A the denizens of an Irish country pub chat and gossip, then go on to spin the supernatural tales that are the meat of the drama, a vivid outside world of time and space unfolds – and a world beyond as well.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off Broadway): ‘The Belle of Belfast’
Belfast, Ireland in 1985 is home to the fiery and foul-mouthed Anne Malloy who lives with her Aunt Emma Malloy who seeks the help of the Catholic Church in a frequent confession of her sins which are practically non existant. Anne, too seeks confession, but for a different reason which has more to do with the good looking Father Reilly than salvation of her soul. The Troubles are the backdrop in the lives of the characters, but these individuals have inured themselves to the violence as they try to cope as best they can. The issue is how successfully can you cope when you live in a war zone?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Belle of Belfast’ by Nate Rufus Edelman
The Irish Rep presents a new play that's old-fashioned in the best way, a funny, sad, affecting and deep tale of forbidden passion and survival amid senseless violence.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The McGowan Trilogy’ by Seamus Scanlon
This taut and suspenseful character play concerns a youth, a 'charming bad boy' with murderous urges, who lends his services to the IRA.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Calvary’
Brendan Gleeson dominates this bleakly-humored study of a committed priest who maintains his vigilance even as his church crumbles and his life is threatened by one of his own parishioners.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Secret Dublin: An Unusual Guide by Pól Ó Conghaile – Jonglez Publishing’
A vacationing traveler could wander Dublin for months and not encounter half of the great resources in this guide
Read More »Irish Poet Seamus Heaney Dies – A Poet for His Homeland and the World
One of the things that made Heaney’s work so lasting and memorable was that it connected humanity to something intangible, yet however spiritual, it reminded us of earthly realities in the process.
Read More »Lost at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City
A New Yorker gets separated from a friend from Dublin at the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
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