Meet The Press

An interview about Quirke, among other hot topics, and an address concerning the future of Ireland and its people all over the world: Gabriel Byrne meets the press in myriad ways, as usual. a hint of Quirke Yes, this is as close to Quirke as we are going to get […]

Roddy Doyle’s THE GUTS, reviewed by Gabriel Byrne

So, here’s the thing. I know who Roddy Doyle is, of course: great Irish writer, actually now “recognized as one of Ireland’s greatest living writers,” with a slew of novels based on his native Dublin written over the past two decades; screenwriter of Irish films based on his Barrytown Trilogy […]

The Gathering: Why I Hate Soundbites

Updated December 14 I have transcribed the interview section containing Mr. Byrne’s comments about The Gathering. You can read it here. The audio interview is on this page as well. — You will see only one Byrneholics posting about Gabriel Byrne’s remarks concerning The Gathering, despite the diatribes, slurs, and […]

BlogTalkRadio: Research on Gabriel Byrne

Updated August 18 I was unable to listen to Dr. Cherie Ann Turpin’s podcast on August 15 (selling my house and moving across the state took a big chunk out of my life that day!), but now that I have listened to it and absorbed it a bit, here are […]

Actor/Producer/Director/Activist/WRITER: The Magill Essays

Had he been born a century earlier, Gabriel Byrne might have been an actor, or perhaps a teacher, or even a politician. It seems likely, however, that in those days, Mr. Byrne would have been a writer. He has the intellectual ability and the temperament, plus the observational skills and, […]