The Irish Film and Television Network (IFTN) reports that warriors, maidens, farmers, and others with long hair and sturdy armor are needed immediately to report to Dublin and County Wicklow for a special assignment. Yes, the new History Channel series Vikings is on the look-out for extras–thousands of them, apparently! […]
UPDATE May 23 Quoting entire articles is not the usual practice here, but I cannot resist giving you the good news about this series courtesy of Antoinette Kelly at Irish Central, who informs us that filming for the series begins in July in Ireland! Gabriel Byrne has always made surprising […]
Draíocht, draoidheacht. This Irish term, whose literal translation is (1) druidic art, druidism, (2) witchcraft, magic; charm, enchantment, is a ‘power’ or ‘talent’ attributed to the Tuatha Dé Danann in their ability to overcome the Fir Bolg, who preceded them in Ireland. Cf. Ir. draoitheach, ‘magician, wizard’; see also “druid”. […]
Well, as a friend noted: “How can you possibly survive working on an IT mega-page??? That was what threw us ALL under the bus! Be careful.” And she is right. Season One of In Treatment is the event that brought many of us to Gabriel Byrne, if not for the […]
Updated February 20 Ruth Negga, recent winner of the IFTA Award for Best Actress (Television) for her performance as Dame Shirley Bassey in the BBC production Shirley in 2011, has joined this stellar cast and will play an intelligence analyst. According to Herald.ie [no longer linked because URL usually does […]
While discussing the lack of humor in the latest television version of Great Expectations, Andrew Davies, renowned screenwriter and adapter (Bleak House and House of Cards for television, among many others) dropped a Byrne bomb! Davies’s latest job for the BBC is set during a very different period. He is […]