Northern Ireland Conflict

Blogs
March 16, 2010
For St. Patrick's Day: Five Irish Movies You Need To See
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, when everyone's Irish, yadda yadda yadda.How best to get ready for it? Watching a movie tonight would be one way. Unfortunately, a lot of the "great" Irish movies suck. The Quiet Man? Oy vey. Maureen O'Hara is nicely feisty, but John Wayne is as wooden as ever and the ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2009
St. Patrick's Day Special: Donohoe & Grimes' cover of Denis Leary's "Traditional Irish Folk Song"
Fun Fact: On November 21, 1920, Michael Collins' squad of fighters killed 14 British Army officers, police officers and civilians, wounding five. In retaliation, members of British paramilitary group "The Auxiliaries" drove their trucks into Dublin's Croke Park during a soccer match and began random ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2008
Former Irish Republican Army Fighter One Step Closer To Being Deported From Texas
Pol Brennan, the former I.R.A. fighter detained in Texas on immigration charges, has lost another court battle.The 55-year-old Brennan had been working as a carpenter, living openly in the San Francisco area for ten years, where he had also married an American woman named Joanna Volz. Early thi ... More >>
News
July 24, 2008
Homeland Security Won't Let a Former IRA Man Out of Prison
After living in the U.S. for 25 years, Pól Brennan is now stuck on the Texas-Mexico border
Film
April 27, 2000
Empire's End
High drama and spirited romance spice up The Last September
Film
January 8, 1998
More Troubles
As The Boxer, Daniel Day-Lewis K.O.'s a weak script
Film
November 13, 1997
Howler
The Jackal is a dog of a movie
Film
March 27, 1997
God Help Them
Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt are shooting blanks in The Devil's Own
Film
January 30, 1997
Mothers Against Deliberate Dying
Some Mother's Son shows an uprising's confusion
Film
January 20, 1994
The Belfasters
Be glad that In the Name of the Father was made. But don't expect this Irish movie to leave anyone's eyes crying.