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September 2016 Irish American News Column
Hooliganism By Mike Houlihan My pal Skinny Sheahan mocks me on the radio by telling folks “Houli has become a PI, a professional Irishman.” But, I feel no shame in loving Ireland, the land of my ancestors, and I’m mighty proud to have founded Hibernian Transmedia NFP with my family, to promote and preserve Irish […]
July 2016 Irish American News Column
Hooligansim by Mike Houlihan “When I go see a movie, I want to feel like I’m peeking through a keyhole…just gimme the truth as best you can.” So says first generation Irish American filmmaker and writer Kevin Baggott. The disciple of the late novelist Nelson Algren, is an “enigmatic cat”, much like his dead […]
April 2016 Column from The Irish American News
Hooliganism By Mike Houlihan I had one beer on St. Patrick’s Day. Unusual I know. But I’d been guzzling gallons before it and by Paddy’s day itself I was hobbling around like a cripple with a cane. I was wounded. Why wouldn’t I be? In Chicago St. Patrick’s Day starts the day after Christmas for […]