August / September 2011

Our cover story

The dynamic Irish actor talks about his latest role in The Guard, working with the brothers McDonagh and his upcoming directorial debut with Flann O’Brien’s At Swim Two Birds.

Click here to read Patricia Harty's blog on IrishCentral.com.

Other stories from the latest issue of Irish America:

• Imagining America
  The First Word, by Patricia Harty
• Bring Them All Back Home
  A pilot project called Ireland Reaching Out aims to connect all 70 million Irish people worldwide with their ancestral homeland
• Irish Eye on Hollywood
  Tom Deignan with the latest Irish happenings in film and television
• Once Upon a Stage
  Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s film Once will become a musical
• The Jig is Up!
  A look into the new Irish dance documentary, Jig
• Irish Dance Nationals
  Tara Dougherty reports from the 2011 North American Irish Dance Competition in Nashville, Tennessee
• The Seisiún Network
  A new social networking site for the trad-playing community
• The Irish America Hall of Fame opens at the Dunbrody Famine Ship’s New Visitor Center
• Presidential Visits to Ireland
  Tom Deignan looks at all the visits made by U.S. Presidents to Ireland – from Ulysses Grant’s to Barack Obama’s
• The Irish Abolitionist: Daniel O’Connell
  Daniel O’Connell is remembered as The Liberator of Irish Catholics, but he also played a significant role in the movement to end slavery
• Outlaws: Billy the Kid and Whitey Bulger
  The legendary Billy the Kid and the recently captured Whitey Bulger share much in common in their lives on the lam
• Scarlett is 75 and Still Going Strong
  On the 75th anniversary of the publication of Gone With the Wind, David O'Connell explores how Maraget Mitchell’s Irish background influenced her writing
• The Forgotten Hero of Golf
  John McDermott was the first American golfer to win the U.S. Open – and the youngest
• The Most Spectacular Golf Course on the Planet
  The Old Head Links in Kinsale, Co. Cork
• What Are You Like: Malachy McCourt
  His wit and wisdom at 80
• Reeve Carney: Spider-Man
• Reviews: The Latest in Irish and Irish American music
• A Night for Saints and Sinners
  An evening with Edna O’Brien at NYU's Glucksman Ireland House
• Sláinte! Oysters Galore
  Edythe Preet explores the history of Ireland’s favorite bivalve, from Mesolithic times to today’s Galway Oyster Festival
• Roots
  The Gleeson Clan
• Those We Lost
  Obituaries
• Photo Album: She Liked Nice Things
  Family photographs from readers of Irish America
• The Last Word
  "The Walk of a Queen"