SECRET STATE: First Interview with Gabriel Byrne

Here is the first interview with star Gabriel Byrne discussing the new Channel Four series, Secret State (AKA Coup). The series is set to air in November on the UK channel. We are anticipating this new series with something bordering on reckless abandon–the previously published trailer has Byrneholics everywhere already […]

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 […]

QUIRKE: A New Series from BBC One

Updated September 7 The Irish Times provides some insight into why Gabriel Byrne is a great choice for the role of Quirke. Quirke probably does not smile this nicely… However, readers who are only now embarking on the novels, starting with the first, Christine Falls, might be more than a […]

The Letterman Show–November 25, 1993

In an appearance on the David Letterman show to promote his latest film, Point of No Return, Mr. Byrne (he looks so young in this show that one is tempted to just call him Gabriel!) discusses a flight from Dublin that lasted 12.5 hours due to a snow storm, the […]

Draíocht: a film in the Irish language

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”. […]

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 […]