Coming home
Jaki McCarrick told David Hennessy about her play Belfast Girls which tells the story of the Irish orphan girls that were shipped out of...
Death of James McKeefry
The death has been announced of the popular country and Irish music festival promoter James McKeefry.
He died peacefully on 1 December from the pancreatic...
Something in the water
4 stars
Review by David Hennessy
Alison Spittle’s Glacier begins with a heart broken and primal scream from Emma Lau’s Lucy before she throws her...
Folk band aid
Four well known trad bands on the scene- All Folk’d Up, The Whistlin’ Donkeys, Ruaile Buaile and The Tumbling Paddies- have teamed up for...
Going nuclear
Theatre director Claire O’Reilly told David Hennessy about her current show that ponders the issue of nuclear disarmament and the threat that such weapons...
An Gorta more
Well known singer- songwriter Declan O’Rourke told David Hennessy about his new book A Whisper from Oblivion, the second book in his famine trilogy,...
Tarrac comes to UK cinemas
The Irish World was there at the recent Irish Film Festival London when Tarrac, which we have previously covered, screened on the Friday with...
Film festival packs a punch
By David Hennessy
Irish Film Festival London returned recently with a programme of feature films- including many London and UK premieres, Q and As, short...
Seanchoíche in the UK
By Anna McGrane
Founded in Dublin, Seanchoíche (pronounced: Shanna-key-huh) is a hugely popular storytelling night running in several cities globally. Anna McGrane found the urge...
Breaking the ice
Award-winning writer and comedian Alison Spittle is aiming to get people in the Christmas spirit with her second play Glacier.
It is enjoying its world premiere...