Tag: “A Terrible Beauty”
Irish American News July 2015 Column
Hooliganism By Mike Houlihan The other night I glimpsed a revelation of Irish revolution through music and songs hundreds of years old. Seated in an ancient mansion along the lake I watched an Irishman stand in half-light to tell us the story of our nation. With three musicians behind him, and a bodhrán in his […]
Irish Filmmakers hit Chicago for Premiere of “A Terrible Beauty” at Siskel Film Center
Last night The Skinny & Houli Show here in Chicago, welcomed Dublin filmmakers Dave Farrell and his son Colin Farrell to Lizzie McNeill’s Irish Pub where the show is recorded each Wednesday night. The Farrells are in town for the Chicago premiere of their film, “A Terrible Beauty”, a significant historical docu-drama that captures the […]
September 2014 Hooliganism Column from The Irish American News
Hooliganism By Mike Houlihan I’ll be in heaven next month. Just for a preview. It’s the annual Skinny & Houli pilgrimage to the holy ground, Ireland! Somebody said, “Ireland is where the hand of God touches earth.” And I will give witness to that. Last year on the Skinny & Houli trip as I […]
August 2014 Column from The Irish American News
Hooliganism By Mike Houlihan I played Captain Brennan in Sean O’Casey’s epic play THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS back in 1977 when I was a green actor with The Syracuse Stage Theatre company. It was an epiphany for this young Irish-American lad who knew little of the history of Ireland. My knowledge at the […]
“A Terrible Beauty” to Premiere at Gene Siskel Film Center
“A Terrible Beauty”, Irish Film on 1916 Easter Uprising, to Premiere in Chicago at The Gene Siskel Film Center September 26 & 28, 2014 The Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, will host the Chicago premiere of a significant historical docu-drama chronicling events during the 1916 Easter rebellion by Irish Volunteers […]