Mid-November All Things Irish

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<sup>We did not get to see the Irish Gangster film 
Boondock Saints II yet. 
It might have to wait till video. 
The reviews were generally bad and the only 
E-mail report we got was basically a warning not to see it.

There are some good Irish/Celtic offerings for 
those of us who like live stage productions.
Here is a quick run down.
Druid Theatre
Dylan Thomas at ACS
Ray Bradbury Christmas Gift</sup>

^{We will start with the Bradbury Gift...}

^{Ray Bradbury is a literary legend and a national treasure.} 

^{He is also a very nice gentleman and} 

^{he loves Ireland and the} 

^{Irish Experience in general.} 

^{I had the good fortune an opportunity to meet 
him a few times through my} 

^{Irish News & Entertainment position as 
publisher/photographer and organizer.}

^{We did an Irish News night at his play Falling Upward and} 

^{he was in attendance and addressed the audience and cast.} 

^{He stayed on for a little social after and was a delight.}

^{Ray Bradbury's Irish connection goes back to 
1954 when he wrote the screenplay for} 

^{John Huston's film based on Moby Dick} 

^{which was filmed in part in Ireland.} 

^{Falling Upward is based on his memories of an 
Irish Pub that he frequented.}

^{I like Ray Bradbury. He is kind and gracious and a true genius.} 

^{Bradbury is also very easy to meet. In fact he has a Christmas Gift 
in store for all of his fans.} 

^{In December on three successive Saturday Evenings 
he will be in South Pasadena, California} 

^{for a showcase of his new play and to share his own 
Christmas experiences with the public.} 

^{This is a rare opportunity to meet one of 
the leading writers of our time.} 

^{Bradbury for years has personally sponsored a series 
of theater evenings and plays}

^{under the banner; THE PLAY’S THE THING.} 

^{It is under this group that the preview for his 
new play will be held.}

^{Here are the details from Bradbury's 
PR Guru Phil Sokolof.}

^{RAY BRADBURY’S MERRY CHRISTMAS 2116
At the Fremont Center Theatre – 
Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19 at 8.00 pm          
For several years now, the Fremont Centre Theatre has played host 
to a special Christmas show from Ray Bradbury.  
This is a special treat for fans of Ray Bradbury:} 

^{an advance look at his newest work for the stage, 
as well as the opportunity to share} 

^{holiday-time memories with their literary hero, 
who will appear in person.}  

^{The new musical production will have its formal World Premiere 
at the Fremont Centre Theatre} 

^{on Saturday, January 16, 2010.
It will be running through February 27.
In Ray Bradbury’s Merry Christmas 2116, 
an aging couple, approaching the 40th anniversary 
of their married lives together, each decide to give their 
spouse a present.} 

^{As coincidence would have it, 
Mr. Wycherly and Mrs. Wycherly}

^{each separately approach a maker of realistic,} 

^{lifelike robots called marionettes, 
although they have no strings.} 

^{Mr. Wycherly requests that Mr. Marionette 
manufacture a highly customized younger,} 

^{more vital version of himself to please Mrs. Wycherly.} 

^{The Missus, for her part, asks the robot-maker to fashion a} 

^{young, hot, sassy, saucy version of herself for her Mister.} 

^{When the new marionettes are each delivered to 
their designated recipients, the fun really begins.} 

^{It’s a work of Bradbury’s humor, warmth and joy, 
perfect for the season.
This musical was first conceived fifty years ago 
for two Bradbury friends, the husband and wife team of} 

^{Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester, 
with director James Whale attached. 
With Whale’s sudden death,} 

^{the project was set aside.
Book and lyrics by Ray Bradbury. 
James Hoke composed the brand new musical score.} 

^{Directed and choreographed by Steve Josephson. 
Produced by Ray Bradbury and} 

^{by Racquel Lehrman, Theatre Planners.}  

^{The cast includes David Stoneman, Rob Harryman, 
Lisa Morrice, Jessie McLean,} 

^{Steve Josephson, Samantha Marcella, 
Christine Reese and Anthony Scarano.} 

^{Presented by Ray Bradbury’s 
Pandemonium Theatre Company} 

^{and Gallimaufry Performing Arts.
In addition to the musical, 
the second segment of the December evenings} 

^{will be a personal appearance by Ray Bradbury, 
sharing the reminiscences} 

^{of a legendary life and career.}  

^{Ray Bradbury will also be available 
to sign books for his fans.}

^{Fremont Centre Theatre
1000 Fremont Ave. (at El Centro)
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Abundant free parking behind the theatre.
Close to the Mission St. Station of} 

^{the Metrolink Gold Line.
Saturdays at 8 p.m. on} 

<sup>December 5, 12 and 19, 2009

Admission:  $20 Seniors:  $15</sup>   

^{Students:  $10
Reservations and information:}  

^{(323) 960-4451}

 
^{Online ticketing:  
www.Plays411.com/raybradbury} 

The musical will have its formal World Premiere for the press at
Fremont Centre Theatre on 
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Now on to  Welsh poet/playwright Dylan Thomas
This is a powerful stage presentation of one his most masterful works.
The Doctor and The Devils
The Doctor and the Devils, was written in the 1950s by Thomas
The story is the classic tale about grave robbers Burke and Hare and Scottish surgeon 
Dr. Robert Knox.
Here is a link to their really good website: 

thedoctorandthedevils.com



There is also a film version of this and it to offers a fair synopsis of the story....
 (which also yielded the 1945 Val Lewton classic The Body Snatcher). 
"Timothy Dalton plays 18th century doctor Thomas Rock, who must rely upon 
the disreputable Robert Fallon (Jonathan Pryce) and Timothy Broom (Stephen Rea) 
to provide fresh cadavers for Dr. Rock's teaching hospital. 
When they can't dig up corpses fast enough to suit Dr. Rock, Fallon and Broom 
decide to streamline their methods via murder."

More Dylan Thomas in December... 

Saturday, December 19
at 8PM

An Claidheamh Soluis/The Celtic Arts Center 

Christmas Event

ACS will present an evening of readings

from the works of Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas,

including 'A Child's Christmas in Wales,'
read by actor/director Joe Praml.

Holiday Refreshments will be served.

The Raven Playhouse
5233 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA
Admission $10
$7 for member

More information about the Celtic Arts Center:

http://www.celticartscenter.com

ACS Christmas

^{Music for the Holidays.
Another Triade,,,
Again ACS
Michael Londra
Tare/}

Spotlight on Irish Theater.
 
New York Theatre Trip Planned
The Irish News USA is organizing a group outing to New York to go to a couple plays, 

do a NYC PUB CRAWL, have a group dinner and basically enjoy a bit of the 

Christmas Season in the City that never sleeps.
We are planning on seeing these two plays; 

Finians Rainbow and The Doctor and the Devils.

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Today is Friday the 13th. I hope hope all of my friends and readers had a decent day.
The Irish of popular culture and imagination are a superstitious lot but I don't know of any un-lucky tales about this day in Irish lore. The best thing I could find was the fact that Rossini died on this day and he supposedly hated Fridays and the number thirteen (triskaidekaphobia).
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví  (meaning Friday), and dekatreís  (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (meaning fear). The term triskaidekaphobia derives from the Greek words "tris", meaning 'three', "kai", meaning 'and', and "deka", meaning 'ten' and good old phobia.

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All Things Irish Happy Samhain.

This weekend is Halloween. 

To all our friends and readers, 

we wish you a delightful and benignly 

frightful weekend. Halloween has 

Celtic Roots so we devoted the last issue 

of our new weekly 

IRISHNEWS USA 

to Samhain, 

the Celtic New Year 

as well as

Halloween!

We have two fine contributors; 

Adrien Rain Burke 

and True Thomas, the Celtic Storyteller. 

For some of you that might not already

know, I have started a new weekly offering 

to subscribers of my newspaper, 

the Irish News & Entertainment. 

Our intention is to get it out every 

Tuesday by the end of the day

It is an Irish Interest E-mail Newsletter. 

In it is information on how to subscribe 

to the paper and/or the newsletter. 

I'm also about ready to post a new piece on 

my Economics of Chaos blog; that should be 

up by Thursday Morning (November 5).  

Since I usually post here erratically, 

I suggest that you sign up as a follower; 

that is best because BlogSpot will then notify 

you of each new post.

One final note on the printed version of 

the Irish News. 

I am in need of someone to help with 

the layout. We use Quark, 

but in theory at least any program 

that can save a pdf would do

if we assigned work page by page. 

We also need sales and 

marketing representatives.

I always appreciate comments 

from our readers.

All the best, 

Jim McDonough

 

Here is the link to the Irish E-Missive...

 http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs028/1102459560768/archive/1102789838099.html

This blog segment is devoted to travel and history. 

We have contributions and reviews from several sources.

We start with the The History of Gaelic games in 

Irish transport which is the sub title and topic of 

a new Irish book.

"Buses, Trains and Gaelic Games" (A history of gaelic games in Irish transport)

by  John Cassidy

The book was launched in theCroke Park on Wednesday 21st October. It was launched by Dave Dinneen a grand-nephew of Frank Dinneen who bought Croke Park in 1908 for £3,500 and held it in trust for the GAA until 1913.

Picture L. To R.; Charlie McGinley, Donegal Association, Dublin. Christina McGinley. Aine and John Cassidy. Eddie McGinley and Noel Cassidy.

Details from www.originalwriting.ie   or    email johncassidy92@yahoo.com

 Irish Heritage in Montana 

Travel  with our Guest Writer

by Mary Pat Tuxbury
 

Shake your shillelagh in Montana and you will surely get a few smiles from the Irish Americans.  The Irish came to Montana to be miner's, loggers, railroad builders and farmers.  It has been said that by the early 1900's there were more Irish in Butte, Montana, than in the city of Boston.  They brought with them names like Murphy, Daly, Sullivan and O'Reilly.  A work ethic built on the American dream and a strong Catholic back ground proved them unstoppable. 

      Montana is 570 miles wide and 315 miles deep, the fourth largest state, giving its Irish population room to spread out and find a place to call home.

     A success story in our area is that of Marcus Daly, who was born in County Cavan.  He came to Montana and started the mining company that would be known as The Anaconda Company.  The similarities of the landscape would entice his fellow Irishman to come to work for his company. When Daly needed lumbar for his mines he incorporated the City of Hamilton where the saw mills provided people with income and a sleepy town to raise their families, The Daly's kept a  summer home in the city, and it is currently being restored as a historical site. Welcome to the Daly Mansion website .   

In early August the city of Butte is over-run with Irish, Irish Americans and Irish-for-the-day folks who come for the craic of this wonderful celebration.  From dawn to dusk there is an activity to interest all.

Montana Gaelic Cultural Society

There are many pubs with an Irish flair, my personal favorite is Sean Kelly's, the Shepherds pie is wonderful.

Sean Kelly's - Missoula, MT

The Celtic Connection in downtown Missoula, provides a shop with common Irish products like Tea and Crunchies.  It carries an array of products from Ireland and crafts and food from locals.

The Celtic Connection, llc

And we cannot leave out , Pug Mahon's Irish Pub in Billings.  I've not had the pleasure of visiting this establishment yet.....but some day~~

Pug Mahon's Irish Pub :: About Us

Montana is a great vacation spot, but as Granny would say, "Oh, you can come for a visit, but I haven't got the room for you to move in with me.

From the mountains of Montana,

Mary Pat Tuxbury

An Irish Portal

 

My son Matt is teaching a class on WWI this semester. He puts together a very effective Powerpoint presentation for each lecture and he is using this photo. Thought you all might enjoy seeing it:
Army Air Corps Pilot Joe McDonough in 1918. My Pop, Matt's Grandfather.

 

 

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 FeisEire Irish Festival - Oct. 24th
Brothers of St. Patrick in
Midway City, Orange County

 

We highly recommend this soon to be published 

book by NY Times Best Selling Author, 

Kathleen McGowan

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Kathleen-McGowans-The-Source-of-Miracles/153243425909?ref=mf

Next Month...November 5
in Santa Monica...

 

















We devote a section of our blog 

this week to Irish blogs or websites 

that we have discovered or have 

been referred to on the NET.


In the interest of full disclosure, this blogger 
knows some of the site owners and 
members and two of the sites are projects 
to which I am personally affiliated.

We hope you will enjoy them all 
as all the websites are well worth a visit.

Also, please put your favorite listing or your own 
Irish site in the comments section. 
We will list them in our next 
Irish Portal segment.  
Point and Click the GOLD highlighted links that follow...

Concern.net

Concern Worlwide was founded in Ireland  by individuals concerned about the plight of Civil War victims in Biafra. 

Now for more than forty years , Concern has been dedicated to reducing suffering and fighting hunger and poverty. Today, Concern’s work is needed more than ever.  There are many ways that you can help. Please find out more about Concern today.

Seventymillion.org

This a fascinating project and you are invited to become part of it.
The organizers are attempting to shed light on the Irish Diaspora through an ingenious interactive site. Give it a try. 
Your history can become part of this worldwide exercise.

Arizona Irish Center

The Irish Center is located near downtown Phoenix
and has a long history of promoting Irish Culture 
and Events. The Center holds two Irish Festivals 
each year and hosts numerous Celtic and Irish 
Concerts and Events. The Center itself is a modern 
facility and boasts a very nice auditorium  
and gift shop, all are constructed in the style of a 
typical Irish Cottage.

CelticArtsCenter

Drop by on any Monday and  enjoy  or 
join in Southern California’s longest running 
traditional Celtic music jam session.

It's a grand time for all!

Did we mention? Its FREE to members 
and their guests!

Irish-American.org

"Céad Mile Fáilte"

"A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!"

The Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago is one 
of the premiere Irish cultural organizations in the 
United States. It is a destination for people of Irish 
descent as well as those who wish to learn more about 
the Irish heritage. There's no place quite like the 
Irish American Heritage Center when it comes to 
providing the very best in Irish culture through the arts, 
history, education, dance and social outlets.

IrishFest.com 

Founded in 1981, the Milwaukee Irish Festival 

has become one of the premier annual Irish Events 

in the United States.  Their mission is to promote and 
celebrate all aspects of Irish Culture and to instill in 
future generations an appreciation of Irish Heritage. 
The organizers have expanded the four day annual 
Irish Festival into year round Irish interest projects 
with an Irish Summer School and a Youth Group.

IrishImportShop.com

For almost fifty years the Irish Import Shop has 
been the largest retailer of wonderful imported 
Irish goods and food in Southern California. 
The shop expanded to a second location in 
San Diego's Old Town three years ago.
The owners have also been great supporters of 
Irish culture and events. A visit to either shop is 
always a worthwhile endeavor. 
Now they are online and will ship promptly 
around the United States.

IrishAbroad.com 

Social networking for Irish people abroad or in 
Ireland. IrishAbroad has almost 250,000 members 
around the world.
The site is open to Irish expats, descendants and 
any person who wants to travel to Ireland. 
It is a great online source for Irish 
Information, News, Community and Friendship.

JoyceCollection.com 
This is a magnificent collection of James Joyce. 

The collection consists of First Editions, 

Signed Copies, original memorabilia 

and ephemera. It was collected by noted 

Joyce scholar and collector, Robert Hunter 

over the past fifty years.

The Hunter Joyce Collection is for sale. 
It is a great scholastic collection and 
ideally it should go to a worthy library or 
university. If you are interested or know of 
a potential donor who might be willing to 
turn it into a gift, we know a University of 
great standing that wants the collection. 
Contact and details are available through 
the Joyce Collection website above.

PubGuide.com 
PubGuide.com is a list of pubs, mostly in 
California. The site is expanding and now
asking for submissions from around the U.S. 
It is set up so you can find pubs by zipcodes. 
The site also has a handy built in MapQuest 
feature, ideal for organizing Pub Crawls. 

PubGuide.com is a work in progress. If you 
have a pub that you would like to see listed or 
if you are a publican who wants more information; 
Please contact: jim@pubguide.com

 

We highly recommend this soon to be published 

book by NY Times Best Selling Author, 

Kathleen McGowan

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Kathleen-McGowans-The-Source-of-Miracles/153243425909?ref=mf

Irish Music Spotlight

There is a tremendous amount of Irish and 

Celtic Music available today. 

Youtube and  Internet Radio sites have both 

served to expand the genre. One of our favorite 

ways to get a good dose of great music

is still to enjoy a performance at a local pub. 

One of the best Irish Musicians around California 

and the West is Hugh Lehane. Hugh is a gifted 

artist and entertainer who hails from the Old Sod. 

He is a genuine Irish gentleman and one of the most 

sincere and hard working individuals that I've ever met. 

If you get the chance, try to see one of his shows.

www.hughmusic.com

www.facebook.com/hughlehane

http://Hugh's Blogs.myspace.com

More on my campaign to 
Skip A Meal....
Since, I started this lifestyle change; I have lost about five pounds and saved about $35. 
on food. That is in about three weeks. I plan on donated the money that I have saved 
by the end of October. I hope some of our readers will consider joining me in this 
effort and share your story with us.

This is a repeat of the post that started my quest to help myself and those 

folks desperately in need of help. These are grim times in many parts of the 

world and WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERANCE!

"I'd like to share some insights that I've had over the past few weeks. As most of you know in the past year, I was seriously ill. Thanks to God, the prayers, love and concern of my family and friends,  Great American Health Care and a bit of my own Irish Luck; I am now healthy. I've had a lot of time to think and be inspired. The sources for some of these inspirational thoughts were family members who went to Africa earlier this year with a church group to do some volunteer work at an orphanage for aids victims and my good friend, Nick Jordan, who has been working on African relief projects for several years. I really think that we can make a difference and here is my request.

Help feed the hungry.

Thousands of our fellow humans starve to death every year. Yet, in the United States, obesity is one of our major health problems. We could, and in fact, we do grow enough food to feed the world.

Here is how you can get involved and help.

Raise you own consciousness on the issue. When writing this blog I took an evening and researched the subject and learned a lot. Do the same. There are links at the end of this piece to give you a head start. Then spread the word; help raise the awareness of your family and friends on the facts.

Get involved...Skip a meal...

This writer is sorry to admit it but I am overweight...I have been overeating for at least 30 years.

That easily adds up to at least 1500 meals that I could have and should have skipped in the past thirty years!

Had I skipped those meals and sent only an average of $3. per meal to a worthy relief organization; that would have been $4500. $4500!!

My life would be dramatically improved; had I acted and not procrastinated all these years.

One thing for sure, I would not be quite as heavy as I am now. Some of the other facts are even more compelling; science has now proven that losing weight and being thiner extends life and makes you healthier!! And the other more grim reality about this fanciful might have been scenario is that even a small donation could easily have saved a life.

Take the pledge with me; start skipping a meal a week. The reward will be immediate.

If you are in a position to donate $3 or $4 or so for that skipped meal to a worthy group that is fighting hunger; all the better." JmcD, September, '09
 

Resources: 
www.concern.net

www.wellsoflifeafrica.org

A final note; we already have thirty members in our new

IRISH NEWS and ENTERTAINMENT 

WRITERS GROUP on FACEBOOK. 

Please visit the page and join us if you are interested.

We are going to take the turn the paper into a 

national media group and we need help.

Facebook
IrishNewsWritersGroup

ALL THINGS IRISH

We highly recommend this soon to be published 

book by NY Times Best Selling Author, 

Kathleen McGowan

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Kathleen-McGowans-The-Source-of-Miracles/153243425909?ref=mf

After seeing this; it appears the

LUCK O' THE IRISH

has some competition!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=65xLs6O2laU&feature=autofb

Irish Soccer This Saturday, October 10

2010 World Cup Qualifier: 

Ireland vs. Italy

From Dublin, Ireland.

www.livesoccertv.com/channels/setanta-sports/

Go online for locations near you.
Broadcast at The Harp Inn in 
Costa Mesa, California
Call pub for details.

Also at 

The Harp Inn

       "Sunday at the Harp Inn"

with Rick Boyle and LIVE IRISH MUSIC
Start Time: Sunday, October 11 at 4:00pm
End Time: Sunday, October 11 at 8:00pm

The Harp Inn
130 E 17th St

Costa Mesa, CA 92627
(949) 646-8855

www.harpinn.com

FINIAN'S RAINBOW -
New York City Center Encores! 
SOLD-OUT SMASH HIT
Coming to Broadway

With a sparkling score of beloved standards a whimsical story that
dances between romance, satire and fairy tale,
FINIAN’S RAINBOW 
is a musical theater treasure.

Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky,
FINIAN’S RAINBOW
pits a charming Irish dreamer and his headstrong daughter 
against the host of complications that await them in their newly adopted land:
a bigoted southern senator, a credit crisis, a pesky leprechaun 
and a complicated love affair that gives birth to some of the most
witty, charming and heartfelt songs ever written for the stage.
Previews begin October 8th!
All Preview Performances (Oct 8-28): $55
Beginning October 31: $59 (Tues - Fri eves & Wed Mats), $75 (Sat & Sun)
Beginning November 4, All Wed Eve Orchestra/Mezzanine Seats are $57.50
at Telecharge.com!
Three easy ways to order:
1) Visit Broadwayoffers.com and enter code FRBOW75

2) Call (212) 947-8844 and mention code FRBOW75

3) Or, bring this printout to the ST. JAMES THEATRE 246 W.44th ST

Rugby Fans---

SAVE THE DATES

www.usasevens.com

We have started an Irish Writers Group 
on Facebook.
Anyone interested in contributing content
and ideas to the Irish News & Entertainment,
now in our 17th. year, is invited to join.
Details, please follow the link below:
www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=170927905604


The Irish American Presidents
and their words of wisdom

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President 

of the United States from 1829–1837

"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.
distinctions of society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy and virtue, EVERY PERSON is equally to protection by law;
but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society---the farmers, mechanics and laborers---who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government."
"There are no necessary evils in government, its evils exist only in its abuses. 

If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors

alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing."

Those words are a great and  timely quote from Andrew Jackson who like many of our Presidents 

was of Irish Heritage. Many scholars trace some of his financial success to an inheritance of 300 Pounds that he received from a relative in Ireland. 

The bequest came at a time when he was having a financial crises. 

Guest Commentary

Colleagues, and Patriots:

    This to alert you that I have been invited to guest on THE VICTORIA TAFT SHOW, tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at 6:35 p.m., PDT, broadcasting out of Portland, OR, at 860AM, and heard nationwide live online at www.KPAM.com.

    The subject of the interview will be on the U.S. Supreme Court's hearing oral argument today in the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial Case.

    It will also include the New York Times, the self-proclaimed "newspaper of record," making an egregiously false assertion of alleged fact in its editorial today, citing what has been proved to be a "hoax" in support of the NY Times call on the Supreme Court to destroy the Cross at the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial. My demand letter to the NY Times to correct and retract its egregious error of fact is attached at the conclusion of this Broadcast Alert. Why the NY Times would perpetuate this hoax designed to deceive the American public, needs to be explained. Indeed, didn't the editors or reporters of the august NY T imes even read the court of appeal opinion detailing the facts before the NY Times pu blished an editorial falsely claiming that an alleged Buddhist had been discriminatorily=2 0denied the right to establish a Buddhist shine near the memorial? As detailed below, it is but a hoax concocted and carried out by ACLU's plaintiff Frank Buno, his phony crony Herman R. Hoops who invented the name "Serpa San Harold Horpa" to pretend to be a Buddhist, and the ACLU, which in nine years of litigation has known of the hoax but never corrected nor repudiated it when it was reported as a real instance of discrimination by the media. (See my letter to the NY Times below.)

    The Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial Case will have nationwide impact, deciding  whether 300,000,000 Americans will have the right to establish veterans memorials in manner in which American citizens and their communities choose, including symbols or expressions which have a religious aspect; or whether such choices may be vetoed by ACLU and the atheists, agnostics, and secular-cleansing fanatics it represents on claims they are "offended" by the sight of a Christian Cross, or other symbol with a religious aspect, at a veterans memorial.

      Although most Americans are unaware of it, the ACLU is reaping millions of dollars in judge-ordered, taxpayer-paid attorney fee "awards" in Establishment of Religion Clause cases against veterans memorials, the Boy Scouts, and other targets of the ACLU's politically-driven, secular-cleansi ng fanaticism. The ACLU is exploiting the Civil Rights Attorney Fees Act and other federal fee-shifting statutes to fleece taxpayers and enrich itself and/or to use the very threat of imposition of such fees if suit is filed under the Establishment Clause as a "club" to bludgeon public bodies into surrender to the ACLU's fanatical secular-cleansing demands.

      The American Legion has been a leader in calling on Congress to reform the law to stop the abusive Establishment Clause litigation attacks of the ACLU and its exploitation of the civil rights acts for profit and intimidation.

      The importance of the  of the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial Case, and related Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial Case, now on appeal in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, cannot be overstated. The American Legion Department of California, and The American Legion, are participating in these cases as amicus curiae, represented by the Alliance Defense Fund and Liberty Legal Institute respectively, as is the Thomas More Law Center, which has led the fight to save the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial.

More information on the cases can be found at www.CALEGION.org, www.LEGION.org.

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     Tune in, and call in to discuss yo ur point of view on the Victoria Taft Show -- news you can trust, unlike the NY Times -- tonight, 6:35 p.m., www.KPAM.com or AM 860.

     Call-in No: 877-774-KPAM, or 503-335-0860.

--Rees

REES LLOYD, Attorney

(Life Member Riverside Post 79,

Past Commander District 21 (Cal),

Director, Defense of Veterans Memorials Project

of The American Legion Department of California

and the Alliance Defense Fund*)

951-867-1551

[*For identification only. The views expressed on this broadcast are solely those Rees Lloyd and not necessarily of any person or organization he may represent.]

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EGREGIOUS ERROR OF FACT IN EDITORIAL NEEDS CORRECTION FORTHWITH AND PROMINENTLY 

            "The New York Times is guilty of an egregious disservice and deception in its editorial “The Constitution and the Cross” (Oct. 7, 2007), pertaining to the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial Case (Buono vs. Salazar) which is pending before the Supreme Court, by perpetuating the hoax that: “In 1999, the National Park Service denied a request by an individual to place a Buddhist memorial in the area.”

            The truth is stated in t he Court of Appeal decision itself. The Court wrote:

            “The controversy surrounding the cross surfaced in 1999, when NPS [National Park Service]20received a letter from an individual who identified himself as ‘Sherpa San Harold Horpa’ of Jensen, Utah.  The person who sent the letter under the alias ‘Sherpa San Harold Horpa’ is also known to [ACLU=2 0plaintiff Frank] Buono as Herman R. Hoops (‘Hoops’), a retired NPS employee and long-time acquaintance of Buono.  Hoops requested permission from NPS to erect a ‘stupa’ (a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine) on a rock outcrop at a trail head located near the cross.”

            Thus, this case, began with a hoax of discrimination against Buddhists in favor of Christians concocted by ACLU’s plaintiff Frank Buono, former Associate Superintendent of the Mojave Park Preserve, and his crony, NPS retiree Herman R. Hoops, a/k/a “Sherpa San Harold Horpa (sic).”

            In short, there is absolutely no evidence of discriminatory trea tment  adverse to purported “Buddhists” or anyone else in the record of this case, including the hoaxsters “Sherpa San Harold Horpa” and ACLU’s plaintiff Frank Buono – the former Ass’t Superintendent of the Mojave Preserve who had the power to object to the memorial and cross=2 0but did nothing until retiring, moving to Oregon, and then suing through the ACLU to destroy a cross honoring veterans a thousand miles away in the remote desert, e leven miles off the nearest highway, because he is “offended” by the20sight of a cross at a veterans memorial on public land.

            The Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial Case will be a landmark deciding whether 300-million Americans in may have the right to choose how to honor their war dead and other veterans, or whether the ACLU and single persons “offended” by the sight of symbols of a religious significance at veterans memorials will have a veto power over such decisions.

            This is an issue of great importance to veterans, and ought to be to all Americans.  The views and opinions of Americans should not be misshaped by perpetuation by the NY Times of the utterly false, conc octed hoax of  Plaintiff Frank Buono, “Sherpa San Harold Horpa,” and the ACLU, that there was an act of exclusionary discrimination against anyone at the Mojave Desert WWI Veterans Memorial.

    &nb sp;       Finally, as a former staff attorney three decades ago of the ACLU of Southern California which brought this misbegotten case,  and which by such fanatical secular-cleansing litigation has become the Taliban of American liberal sec ularism contemporarily, I am appalled that the ACLU itself has not acted for these nine long years of litigation to repudiate the hoax which the NY Times now perpetuates as has CNN and other like-minded media.

            The NY Times should correct its error, forthwith, or forfeit any claim to credibility.

Rees Lloyd, Attorney and Director of the Defense of Veterans Memorials Project of The American Legion Department of California and the Alliance Defense Fund (amicus curiae in the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial Case (Buono vs. Salazaer)."

95 1-867-1551

ReesLloyd@aol.com

ALL THINGS IRISH

SCOTS LOVE CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST

October has become a favorite month for people of many Celtic persuasions to “gather beside the seaside” at Seaside Park in Ventura.  The Seaside Highland Games will return for a seventh year to the Ventura County Fairgrounds this October 10th and 11th 2009 for another rousing Festival of all things Scottish.  Many favorite Celtic/Irish/Scottish entertainers including Eric Rigler & Bad Haggis, Alex Beaton, the Wicked Tinkers, Highland Way and America’s favorite, Celtic Spring, will be there!  Ventura’s own Claddagh Dance Company will take the stage periodically over the weekend.
The pageantry will be non-stop from Saturday noon’s Grand Parade and Opening Ceremonies to a final Massed Band Farewell at Games Closing on Sunday night.  Your youngsters will want to spend all day in the very entertaining Children’s Glen and you will find plenty of shopping bargains among the forty-plus Celtic Vendors!  Eighty clans with several new ones this year.
If there is dance, there must be music and, in addition to the three stages for our star-quality entertainers will be bagpipers and bagpipe bands, the Ventura British Brass (as fine a brass band as you will find anywhere), the Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles and the Celtic Arts Center Gaelic Choir.  Gaelic Language classes, Genealogy seminars with Arlene Eakle and a study of the art of Scotch Malt Whisky—with samples!  Saturday will end in a blaze of glory with a FREE CELTIC ROCK CONCERT featuring Bad Haggis, the Tinkers and Highland Way from five until about eight pm.  BE THERE!!

The giants—the SAAA Highland Heavies—will amaze you with their physical feats of strength and agility and  the always popular sheep-herding dog demonstrations.

 Scottish military re-creators Bydand Forever who will march to black powder 

precision military maneuvers from a storied past.

The Highlander Warriors of an earlier and romantic age where edged weapons were king

—and expertly demonstrate their use.

In addition...a huge Darts Tournament staged by the Ventura County Dart Association.

The SHG Food Court stands ready to satisfy with great Scottish/Celtic food and drink.  Whether it’s bangers and mash or hot dogs and beer—all is there for your enjoyment.
Rounding out your day, don’t forget to view the beautiful British car collection and please help our Yellow Ribbon America & The America’s Heroes Foundation by contributing in any way you can.  We are dedicated to supporting our country through this worthy organization even as peace is being sought on many fronts.  Come to the Seaside Games for some happy hours at a bargain fare ($12 to $18 adults, $10 to $17 senior & military, $3 children).

 More Online:  www.seaside-games.com

Events Calendar:

Tuesday, October 6 

10:00am

Friends Of Ireland of Southern California, 

Breakfast Meeting. Great group of folks with one thing in common; "Their Love of Ireland" 

Good Friends and Great Craic. Sometimes a special guest or entertainment is provided. 

1st Tuesday of every month. The October meeting is at a new location. 

Katella Deli & Bakery

4470 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, Ca 90720  

Katella near Lexington across from race track

More information:

Call Loretta at (714) 557-8983 

E-mail: lorettamullen@att.net 

or pbeireanua@att.net 

Restaurant # for directions or details: (562)594-5754

Through October 4

1st Irish 2009, New York's Annual Festival of Irish Theatre

powered by Origin Theatre Company.
21 Irish playwrights at 12 venues across New York
More information: www.1stIrish.org 


Saturday and Sunday,  October 10 & 11 
9:00am to 5:00pm
Seaside Highland Games
Ventura Fairgrounds
Ventura California
www.seaside-games.com

Thursday, October 22 from  9:00am to 5:00pm 
  Ride for Life to San Manuel Casino
Bus will leave from the  Knights of Columbus Hall in Van Nuys, 
(corner of Valerio  and  Van Nuys Blvd.) 
Cost is  $20 dollars.

Website: www.lamarchforlife.org      


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 3:00pm

WELSH CHOIR OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CONCERT WITH WELSH SOPRANO JULIA BENTHAM
SAINT CROSS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1818 MONTEREY BLVD. 

HERMOSA BEACH, CA 90254
more information contact:
Caroline Roper-Deyo at:

cariadcaroline@yahoo.com

 

Wednesday, November 4

Dropkick Murphy

 

at THE GROVE in Anaheim  2200 E. Katella Ave.

Tel: 714-712-2700

www.grove-of-anaheim.com 

Irish News

TRAGIC NEWS FOR IRISH BOXING FANS

Irish Olympic Champion Darren Sutherland

Irish papers have reported that Darren Sutherland, who won an Olympic bronze medal at the  Beijing Games in 2008 was found dead at his home according to his manager Frank Maloney.  Sutherland was only 27.
Sutherland was unbeaten in his first four pro fights, and was scheduled to fight on October 16. He was due to appear with Maloney at a news conference to talk about his next fight and when he did not respond to a call, the manager went to look for him. Sutherland's death was called a suicide.

Olympic middleweight champion James DeGale, who beat Sutherland in Beijing, paid tribute to his former rival.
"He had an Olympic bronze medal and his whole life to look forward to," the Englishman said. "He had a great future and my heart goes out to everyone who knew him."
Former Featherweight Champion Barry McGuiggan said Sutherland had the ability to win a world title."It is an absolute tragedy, I would describe Darren as a phenomenal talent. He represented his country with pride as an amateur and I believe he would have become a world champion in the professional ranks one day."
Darren John Sutherland was born in Dublin on April 18, 1982. He was raised in County Meath and died in London on  September  14, 2009.  

...Some Personal Thoughts; 

please indulge me...

On a more somber note, I'd like to share some insights that I've had over the past few weeks. As most of you know in the past year, I was seriously ill. Thanks to God, the prayers, love and concern of my family and friends,  Great American Health Care and a bit of my own Irish Luck; I am now healthy. I've had a lot of time to think and be inspired. The sources for some of these inspirational thoughts were family members who went to Africa earlier this year with a church group to do some volunteer work at an orphanage for aids victims and my good friend, Nick Jordan, who has been working on African relief projects for several years. I really think that we can make a difference and here is my request.

Help feed the hungry.

Thousands of our fellow humans starve to death every year. Yet, in the United States, obesity is one of our major health problems. We could, and in fact, we do grow enough food to feed the world.

Here is how you can get involved and help.

Raise you own consciousness on the issue. When writing this blog I took an evening and researched the subject and learned a lot. Do the same. There are links at the end of this piece to give you a head start. Then spread the word; help raise the awareness of your family and friends on the facts.

Get involved...Skip a meal...

This writer is sorry to admit it but I am overweight...I have been overeating for at least 30 years.

That easily adds up to at least 1500 meals that I could have and should have skipped in the past thirty years!

Had I skipped those meals and sent only an average of $3. per meal to a worthy relief organization; that would have been $4500. $4500!!

My life would be dramatically improved; had I acted and not procrastinated all these years.

One thing for sure, I would not be quite as heavy as I am now. Some of the other facts are even more compelling; science has now proven that losing weight and being thiner extends life and makes you healthier!! And the other more grim reality about this fanciful might have been scenario is that even a small donation could easily have saved a life.

Take the pledge with me; start skipping a meal a week. The reward will be immediate.

If you are in a position to donate $3 or $4 or so for that skipped meal to a worthy group that is fighting hunger; all the better.

Resources:

www.crs.org

www.concern.net

www.wellsoflifeafrica.org



Youtube Link to Ken O'Malley

 Below is a link to a montage of two concerts with my good friend and Irish baladeer, Ken O'Malley.

Ken performs at the recent Celtic Arts Center concert/fundraiser at the Ford Amphitheater in LA with his band and solo at St. Thomas University in Houston.

I'll share another tidbit, I've always hoped that O'Malley will be there to sing Carricfergus at my far distant Irish Wake.

Dublin-born O'Malley is a great talent. I hope all you ALL THINGS IRISH readers enjoy the tunes.

Thats it for this blog. I'll keep you posted.

Slante,

Jim


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEKX5PHuz-k 

ALL THINGS IRISH

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A Letter from the Publisher

Well Folks, the die is cast. We will be printing another issue of the
Irish News and Entertainment after a three month hiatus. It will actually be our 17th. Anniversary Issue.

Special thanks to The Los Angeles County Fair, The Seaside Highland Games and Terry McCartan at Metro Acura and Honda for committing in front to advertise with us online and in print.

We are confident that the interest and readership is still out there for a quality niche market publication.
As mentioned before, a lot if factors contributed to our suspension of publication; my health issues, the economy in general and a loss of long time advertisers and readers in Southern California owing primarily to a demographic shift there over the past ten years.
Let me briefly discuss the reasons why I think things have changed. On a personal note, I am healthy again. I have made a full recovery. On the business side, we will expand the paper beyond Southern California.
There are millions of people throughout the States that are interested in an Irish paper and we will fill the void both in print and online.

We will need a lot of support to bring the Irish News and Entertainment to its full potential.
I think this blog will help achieve our goals. There will be changes in content and in distribution.
We are going to add several new and expanded features. Our Calendars were always popular and we will expand them. New features such as a CELTIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE are being developed.
As we go national, we expect to garner more advertising. We have already negotiated a barter advertising deal with a music distributor so we will start our successful free Irish Music CD with a subscription offer again.
To the many people who have called and written me and expressed an interest in this project, we send a sincere thanks to you. To all our readers, your thoughts and feedback are appreciated and needed.

Jim McDonough

CURRENT IRISH EVENTS


September 1st - October 4th 2009.

1st Irish 2009, New York's Annual Festival of Irish Theatre
powered by Origin Theatre Company.
21 Irish playwrights at 12 venues across New York

More information: www.1stIrish.org

Los Angeles Area


The Sixth Annual Celtic Concert Series 
at The Ford Amphithetre
The concert will feature the McKasson's from Seattle as headliners.  


For the last five years The Celtic Arts Center has hosted the best Celtic concert event in the Southland at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre and this year's show on September 20th at 7PM, promises to continue the tradition.    The line up includes The McKassons, from Seattle, headlining with their special guest, LA's own Ken O'Malley, joining them onstage.   The Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums will kick off the evening an hour earlier this year. Then "Highland Way" from San Diego, with their Scottish traditional tunes will be up first followed by the crowd pleasing "Slugger O'Toole" and their high energy songs.  The world class Scottish fiddling band The McKassons will end the show with the Margaret Cleary Dancers with their beautiful traditional dresses, featured throughout the evening.  

"We have a nice mix of Irish and Scottish music this year."  said Thom MacNamara veteran producer of the show. "It will be a great night of traditional Celtic music and dance for the whole family".   

The event is a fund raiser for The Celtic Arts Center and has become a tradition in Los Angeles.  "The outdoor setting of the Ford makes it a special night for us each year.  It brings out the Celtic community and it has an intimate feel, like a big family reunion picnic."  Said Adrein Burke, president of the The Celtic Arts Center.  

The concert is scheduled for Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 7PM at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood.  Tickets are $20 and $22 before Sept 13 and $25 and $27 after Sept 13th.  Student/child price $12 and group rates available.  For tickets, log on to www.fordtheatres.org or call the Ford Box Office at  323 461-3673

Fiddles that pulse with electric energy; violas that hum like the plaintive croon of cicadas; banjos that sing like springtime incarnate: Seattle-based McKassons aren’t your average fiddle band. One of the genres fastest rising talents, the McKassons create evocative soundtracks for adventures in distant lands and stories yet untold. The McKassons bring a distinctly American sensibility to traditional Scottish folk, composing songs that have the feel of Celtic music blended with the spirit of folk rock and bluegrass.

Ken O'Malley belts out a feisty blend of traditional and new Irish folk music, both lyrical and instrumental. He sings about every-thing from the subtleties of true love, to the struggle of the working class, to the joy of a pint of beer at the end of a long, hard ,journey. Everything is played with style and flair. Ken is equally talented with a guitar or mandolin and his singing is strong and passionate.

Slugger O'Toole is an LA-based Celtic trad/rock quintet who share a passion for the drinking, fighting & work songs of Ireland. They hail from the four corners, and were thrown together by their mutual love of the music and culture. Slugger concocts a lethal brew of foot-stomping classics, deft instrumentals and five-part a cappella killers. Everybody sweats, everybody sings!

From his native homeland, Scotland, Brian Caldwell of Glasgow leads Highland Way on a musical journey through traditional and modern Celtic melodies. Joining Brian are Heloise Love (on vocals, guitar and percussion),  Paul Graham Castellanos (on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo and varied strings), and Richard Gordon Heinz, (on vocals, bass and keyboard). Rousing songs and haunting ballads blend with original instrumental medleys and touches of whimsy in performances featuring traditional Celtic music from Scotland and Ireland, with some added original and contemporary Celtic melodies. 

The Ford Amphitheatre is located at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068, just off the 101 Hollywood Freeway across from the Hollywood Bowl and south of Universal Studios.  The grounds open two hours before showtime for picnicking. The Ford offers a number of dining options: a variety of food and beverages is available on site and box dinners for evening events may be ordered in advance. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food and drink. The Ford is disabled accessible. Portable wireless listening devices are available upon request.  On-site, stacked parking costs $5 per vehicle for evening shows and $1 per vehicle for morning family shows. For evening shows only, FREE non-stacked parking serviced by a FREE shuttle to the Ford, for evening amphitheatre performances only, is available at the Universal City
Metro Station lot at Lankershim Blvd. and Campo de Cahuenga. The shuttle, which cycles every15-20 minutes, stops in the "kiss and ride" area.
This event is part of the Ford Amphitheatre 2009 Season, a multi-disciplinary arts series produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in cooperation with Los Angeles Countybased arts organizations. For a complete season schedule, directions to the theater and parking information, log on to www.FordTheatres.org.

More information: www.celticartscenter.com

Irish News and Commentary: Tempus Fugit

From Seattle to Cork, Special memorials and Masses have been held or are being planned in honor of the late Senator Ted Kennedy. It is fitting that we pause and remember this man and the time in which he lived. For me, it is the span of my entire adult life. His reach was broad and long in time and effort. He will be remembered not just for his legislative achievements, especially in education and children's health care but for being a staunch, proud liberal.
As an Irish-American, I always appreciated his love of Ireland and the Irish. Kennedy was one of the first American politicians to see and voice his thoughts that
"The Troubles" in the north of Ireland were civil rights issues. In the Senate in 1971 Kennedy pointed out that "Ulster is becoming Britain's Vietnam" and called for a united Ireland. After Bloody Sunday 1972, when British soldiers killed 13 civil rights marchers in Derry, Kennedy called for a British withdrawal from Northern Ireland. All through the 1970s and 1980s, he kept the Irish Civil Rights agenda alive and led a group that was to become known as the "Four Horsemen".
The four were Ted Kennedy, Tip O'Neill, Hugh Carey and Sen. Patrick Moynihan.
U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith and Senator Kennedy were very influential in allowing Gerry Adams into the US against the wishes of the British government in 1994. That bold change in policy was the catalyst, that with the guidance of Senator George Mitchell, finally led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. So we owe the peace in Ireland today thanks in large part to the late senator.

Yesterday, Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Brian Cowen, said: "In good days and bad, Ted Kennedy worked valiantly for the cause of peace on this island."

Micheál Martin, Ireland's Foreign Minister, said that the former senator "knew and loved Ireland - its people, its music and its culture", adding that "his special dedication to the peace process was unrivalled and deeply held".


Our colleague Trina Vargo sent us the following to share with our readers. Vargo served as Foreign Policy Adviser to Senator Kennedy from 1987-1998 and was heavily involved in the Northern Ireland peace process. She subsequently founded, and is president of, the US-Ireland Alliance.


"Senator Kennedy s commitment to Ireland and Northern Ireland spanned forty years and no one has contributed more to the strengthening of the relationship between the US and the island of Ireland. He encouraged me to create the US-Ireland Alliance and everyone at the Alliance is grateful for the continuous support he gave to the organization and the Mitchell Scholarship program. Personally, he gave me, at a very young age, an incredible opportunity to be a part of making a difference in a way that few people get. I told him when I left his employ that, no matter what I did with the rest of my life, the way that I see things would, to a very great extent, be shaped by the way that I learned to see things by working with him. And for that I feel honored and privileged -- but most of all I feel incredibly lucky -- that he allowed me to be a part of his work."
August 26, 2009

OnGoing Irish Calendar...
The Friends of Ireland in Orange County California will gather for their Monthly Breakfast Meeting on
Tuesday, September 1st at 10:00am. We will meet, as usual, at 10 A.M. on September 1st at the Starting Gate Restaurant, 5052 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos (across from the race course).
The move to a new location is NOW set for the October 6 meeting.

If you plan to attend, please respond to by e-mail to pbeireanua@att.net, by Monday, August 31. Anyone living in Southern California is invited to join these great folks for the Breakfast Meeting. Speakers and Entertainment vary but the craic is always great!!
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My great source for many things Irish is Adrien Rain Burke, the current chairperson of the Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles. Adrien just gave me a new look for my blog. Both her talent and good work are very much appreciated. She also just let us know that there is a grand Youtube segment of the All Ireland Uilleann Pipes Championships.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKiY2bsxWN8&feature=channel_page

Special Offer, thanks to Sean Gunning for sending this to us.
In a first for WWMPC, we would like to offer you a truly unique gift! With each online DVD purchase, we will include several authentic film frames that our editors have cut directly from an official 35mm release print of Red Roses and Petrol. You can literally ‘Own a Piece of the Film’ that was projected in cinemas during the US theatrical engagement!

This very special DVD 'Collector's Offer' is available for order now through Monday, September 14, 2009, while supplies last.  Orders can be placed online at http://www.wwmpc.com/special-dvd-offer.

The soundtrack CD is also available for pre-order from Warrior Records at the following site:  http://www.warriorrecords.com/redrosesandpetrol/
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A brief synopsis of the film:

Amid a haze of cigarette smoke and uneaten food, the family of Enda Doyle (Malcolm McDowell -- A Clockwork Orange, NBC’s ”Heroes”) gathers in Dublin for his wake. A university librarian, poet, and rascal, Doyle has left behind a trail of unresolved issues, a dysfunctional family, and a disturbing mystery. A cache of self-recorded video diaries sheds light on who he really was and the secrets he was never able to share. Based on the acclaimed play by Joseph O’Connor, Red Roses and Petrol explores the complex dynamics of family relationships with sharp humor and surprising turns, taking us on an intense emotional journey into the depths of what is truth and what is love. Also starring Max Beesley (BBC’s “Hotel Babylon”), Susan Lynch (Waking Ned Devine), and former Miss Ireland Olivia Tracey, with songs by Flogging Molly and Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles.