"The style and presentation of our rich heritage of Irish music is not just infinitely different in Irish America. It is also, in my view at least, infinitely superior nowadays."
Damon, a native of Massachusetts, is very familiar with his home state’s Irish community and heritage and has said in interviews as far back to 2014 that he wanted to portray Robert F. Kennedy in a movie.
No doubt thanks to Ireland’s rich culture and love for music, musicians in Ireland produce wonderfully deep and meaningful lyrics and tunes for the world to enjoy.
In the 2011 census, Ballyhaunis recorded a massive 42 percent foreign national population; approximately two thirds of the children in local school speak a language other than English when they’re at home.
Could McGregor be the equal of one the greatest fighters in history? Dana White called him "the Irish Ali" (though he may have forgotten Muhammad Ali was very proud of his own Irish roots).
Despite his Hollywood stardom, Irish star Cillian Murphy has never gone in for the celebrity lifestyle. The actor lives quietly in a Dublin suburb with his long-time wife, Yvonne McGuinness.
Although most closely associated with American horror, the music from one of the most quintessentially Irish and pastoral of films lulled George Romero to eternal rest.
