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, […]

Spring Cleaning: Updates to the Website

It’s that time of year–time to dust and clean, open the windows, let the fresh air in! OK. Well, it is hard to do that to a website, but just in time for Spring, we have spruced things up a bit here at Byrneholics, added some new cool stuff, and […]

New Gallery in Progress

The new design is done and the tweaking (how image folders display, thumbnails, etc.) has begun. Check out the new (actually a re-working of the old) Gallery! This updated version allows your Byrne-ing image archiver to batch load images (thus saving her fingers and her eyes!) and it also provides […]

Bowie28’s Gabriel Byrne PicSpam

Bowie28 created his famous Gabriel Byrne PicSpam on his LiveJournal site back in 2008. It is a wonder to behold (witness the comments!). In a fit of anxiety, I asked him recently if we might archive his images here at the Byrneholics Gallery. Bowie28 said yes. So now, you can […]

Byrneholics 4.0 Now Live!

Lara and I have taken the website to the next level. Yay! But what does this mean? Besides the beautiful new dark blue template and the lovely new banner gracing the top of the main page (all thanks to Lara!), we have implemented lots of features to make your visit […]

Article Retrospective: GQ 1990

One of the features we wanted to provide is the opportunity to bring older material to the forefront. It is easy for articles and interviews to get lost in the shuffle, when Byrne-ing news is on everyone’s mind, such as In Treatment, Season Three! These gems also deserve attention. With […]