Michael Collins News

The costume Liam Neeson wore as the iconic Irish leader in the film 'Michael Collins' fetched 3,120 when it went under the hammer in London last week.

LIAM NEESON 'S costume in the film ' Michael Collins ' fetched almost 3,700 when it went under the hammer in London last night, writes Denise Clarke .

The lot including a long green military coat with brass buttons, leather belt and gun holsters fetched 3,120 Outfits from the 1996 biopic of Irish republican legend Michael Collins have gone under the hammer in London.

The long green military coat worn by film star Liam Neeson in his role as Irish republican legend Michael Collins is to go under the hammer on Tuesday.

Liam Neeson's outfit in the film Michael Collins goes under the hammer this week in an auction of movie memorabilia, it was revealed.

Congratulations to Kyra Sedgwick who just got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Remember when it looked for a millisecond like she might get an Oscar nod for playing Julia Robert's sassy sister in Something to Talk About back in 1995? Stealing scenes from Julia might seem like a hard thing to do and commendable, too, but it pisses Academy ...

A Co Tipperary footballer shot dead in Croke Park in 1920 is being honoured in his home village.

Liam Neeson has said his home will always be Northern Ireland. The Hollywood actor, whose wife Natasha Richardson died tragically in March, was born and bred in County Antrim in Northern Ireland but now lives in New York.

A GAA footballer shot dead in Croke Park in 1920 is being honoured in his home village.

Director Neil Jordan has donated his scripts, research notes and letters to the Irish Film Archive at the Irish Film Institute.

IT'S the 1916 Easter Rising, but not as we know it. With Guy Pearce as James Connolly and Ian Hart as Thomas Clarke, Hollywood is set to bring Padraig Pearse and his fellow revolutionaries to the big screen.

HOLLYWOOD'S latest take on the Easter Rising could fuel more dissident atrocities unless it explores the complexities of the rebellion, one of Northern Ireland's top historians has warned.

On the anniversary of the Easter Rising, a historian warns that a Hollywood version of the story could be used as justification by the men of violence One of Ireland's foremost historians has warned that a Hollywood take on the 1916 Easter Rising might be exploited by dissident republicans in their campaign against the peace process.

A latecomer to films, Irish actor Brendan Gleeson spent much of his formative years training for and performing in theater before breaking into films and television at the relatively older age of 34.

On the Thursday my review of "Duplicity" appeared, I discovered how much a married young colleague of mine loathed just about everything one could possibly loathe about Julia Roberts.

Few of the world's nations have done a better job at exporting their culture than the Irish.

Julia Roberts and Sean Connery may have won Academy Awards, but that does not mean that they can pull off a believable Irish accent on screen.

Go! created a St. Patrick's Day bracket that pitted Ireland's top writers and actors against its leprechauns and alcoholic beverages.

Break out the beer and the corned beef and cabbage. It's time to celebrate St. Paddy's Day again.

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