VIKINGS Begins: Get Your Warrior On!

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! […]

Irish Premiere of “Dreaming The Quiet Man”

UPDATED June 19: RTÉ TEN gets it right: “…Sé Merry Doyle’s Gabriel Byrne-narrated documentary…” Feeling better now. [Please note: this review no longer exists at the RTÉ website] This is a wonderful review by Harry Guerin with the bonus of his video interview with the director, Sé Merry Doyle–a must […]

Irish Release of “Dreaming the Quiet Man” June 15

Such great news! Element Pictures Distribution is delighted to announce the Irish release of JOHN FORD: DREAMING THE QUIET MAN on June 15th 2012. They have kindly provided the following information: Official Press Release JOHN FORD: DREAMING THE QUIET MAN RELEASED IN CINEMAS ON JUNE 15th As one of Hollywood’s […]

The History Channel’s new series: Vikings!

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 […]

The “Quirke” stories of Benjamin Black

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 […]

RTÉ’s Silver Anniversary

Nothing seems more appropriate, as we head into the New Year, than looking back over the fifty years of programming provided by RTÉ and celebrating the past. WorldIrish.com [As of September 8, 2016 this website is no longer available] has created a profile of what was originally called Telefis Éireann in […]