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Catherine Clinch plays Cáit in the Irish language film <em>“An Cailín ”</em> (”The Quiet Girl”).
Arts & CultureDispatches
Kevin Hargaden
Film-making in Ireland has been in the shadow of other cultural successes in literature and music. That may all be about to change. At this year’s Academy Awards, there are three movies with strong Irish connections up for Oscar consideration.
A prisoner under escort at the South Western Front during the Irish Civil War: July 22, 1922. Courtesy of National Library of Ireland Ref.: HOG106.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Hargaden
The peaceful sharing of power by Irish political parties that once went to war may be understood as a triumph of the common good.
Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (Fox Searchlight)
Arts & CultureFilm
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
Martin McDonagh’s new movie “The Banshees of Inisherin” serves up sad enough stuff to leave viewers crying in our beer. But first we laugh.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Fans of Colm Tóibín will no doubt be pleased at the news that he has a new book of essays coming out.
thomas cahill sits in his new york apartment in a 2006 photo, he is wearing a black shirt and brown pants and rests his arm on a piano. there is a lamp behind him
Arts & CultureNews
Associated Press
In his million-selling “How the Irish Saved Civilization,” Cahill cited Ireland's crucial—and unappreciated—preservation of classical texts after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Cast members of ‘Derry Girls’ (Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jake Martin
The third season of ‘Derry Girls’ has plenty of laughs to offer and goes deeper with all its main characters.