The Byrne-ing News, April 2022 Edition, Part 2

Where did all this news come from!? I’m swimming in Gabriel Reports and Gabriel Pictures and Gabriel-Related-Tidbits! Oh. Does that sound like I’m complaining? Oh no, I’m not! Following up on Part 1 of April’s Byrne-ing News, Part 2 focuses on big and small screen news, even more real estate […]

Happy Holidays to You!

Celebrate the holidays with this Gabriel Byrne Holiday Media Festival of poetry, film, and television! Gabriel Reads the Classic Christmas Poem Two Clips from Gabriel’s New Film, Death of a Ladies’ Man With music by the legendary Leonard Cohen. heart Season 1 of Bracken, Gabriel’s Irish Television Series The Official […]

A Holiday Gift: The Complete BRACKEN — Updated!

December 17 The Bracken Season 2 YouTube Playlist, with all 6 episodes, is now available! Enjoy and Happy Holidays to you! heart December 12 One of the perks of being a Byrneholic is sharing Gabriel Byrne’s work—his movies and TV series, his books and interviews, and his pictures, of course—both […]

The Byrne-ing News, November 2021 Edition, Part 2

The Newest News Dance First, a film about Samuel Beckett One of my favorite online literary haunts is Lithub. It is like a cozy but very busy bookstore, full of smart and pleasant people who are happy to tell you what to read, what not to read (unless you really, […]

Six Episodes of “Bracken”

Mr. Byrne’s role as Pat Barry in the early 1980’s Irish soap opera Bracken is the role for which many Irish fans remember him. Those of us who missed out on that show have never had the chance to see him at this early stage of his career. Now that […]

Gabriel Byrne in “Bracken”

Here is a real rarity: an excerpt, including the opening credits, from the first episode of the series Bracken, with Gabriel Byrne in the role of Pat Barry. Many thanks to @g12_el on Twitter for making this available and to Linda for her video wizardry! Bracken, a rural television drama […]