Gabriel Byrne Was Here! : Contest Submissions

Updated April 21: The contest is now closed! Many thanks to all who participated. Lara and I will get together over the weekend and evaluate the submissions. Watch the main site for a list of the lucky winners on Monday. Gabriel Byrne does bring out the creativity in us, does […]

Contest: Gabriel Byrne Was Here!

Happy Spring, Byrneholics! It is time to take the “Gabriel Byrne, Cultural Ambassador for Ireland, Was Here” Challenge! Here’s what you need to do: 1. Download and print out the “Gabriel Byrne Was Here” badge: 2. Snap a photo of the badge anywhere. GO WILD! See not-so-wild example below. And […]

The Byrne-ing News, March 2011 Edition

Spring has sprung in some parts of the world and it is definitely Spring at Byrneholics. We’ve got plans up our sleeves and news to share! Here is the latest on our peripatetic Irishman! New pics from I, Anna New pictures provided by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein  on their Facebook page […]

“I, Anna” in Germany + More News

News from Germany: production is wrapping up on I, Anna. According to the website of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH on March 9 (rough translation provided by Google Translate): European film stars are in the studio at Studio Hamburg–After filming in London, British actress Charlotte Rampling and her Irish colleague Gabriel […]

Talk Therapy: Joe, Randy, and Rachel!

No, these are not patients from some episode of In Treatment that you missed. These are The Three Shrinks or, more officially, the therapists who were invited to blog for “Talk Therapy” at the HBO In Treatment website. And now they are in Boston on April 10, talking about our […]

Into The West: Truth and Magic in Ireland

One wonders what was running through Gabriel Byrne’s mind as he read the script for the film Into The West. Certainly he knew the origins of the story of Oisín and Tir na nÓg. The early epic poem of Yeats (his longest poem, as it turns out), The Wanderings of […]