Archive for category: Cultural Ambassador

Updated January 1, 2012! I added a few pictures that I had forgotten about and also some credits, so if you have watched it already, you might want to give it another viewing. There is a bit more music this time around, too (more pictures and more music–always a good [...]

Wherein Stella muses on the peripatetic, soon-to-be Ex Ambassador. Yes, apparently it is true. Gabriel Byrne, the first Cultural Ambassador for Ireland, is stepping down. Eighteen months into his three-year appointment and he is saying “Enough!” I do not blame him one bit. I suspect he has purchased stock in [...]

Updated November 17 Seems doubtful Mr. Byrne will make it. He seems to be in London eating scones. — Updated November 14 There is a reception following the event and remember: the event is free. Still no word about Mr. Byrne, though. Read more about it. — Updated November 9 [...]

Updated October 11 Another video and a picture, courtesy of Merrion Street News: Mr. Byrne’s comments begin at minute 1:33 Saturday Panel Updated October 10 The video from the Saturday morning panel “Promoting Irish Culture,” with Ambassador Byrne, author Colm Tóibín, and comedian Dara O Briain, is only available at [...]

Updated October 20 Julia Judge of Lincoln Center Theater writes about the evening at Vulgo Magazine: “Gabriel spoke passionately of the influence of the film, the importance of the restoration in regard to Ireland’s film history and the significance of O’Connor’s story and O’Connor’s overall canon… At the reception Gabriel [...]

This is new to me, anyway! In this fairly recently posted video, Gabriel Byrne invites you to “Imagine Ireland”: Be sure to subscribe to the Imagine Ireland YouTube channel so you will be alerted when new videos are posted! Trivia Question: What is Mr. Byrne quoting? I don’t know, so [...]