Ireland and the Making of America: The Irish in American Sport
For the 250th anniversary of the US, UCD’s Clinton Institute and EA WorldView have produced Ireland and the Making of America, an 8-episode VideoCast.
For more than a century, Irish actors, directors and filmmakers have helped shape Hollywood, both on screen and behind the camera.
In our 8th episode, film historian Ruth Barton of Trinity College Dublin traces the Irish influence on American cinema from silent-film pioneer Rex Ingram to John Ford’s iconic westerns to today’s Oscar-winning generation of actors.
Along the way, she explores how Hollywood created enduring images of Irishness. From the feisty Colleen and the Irish cop to modern stars like Cillian Murphy, Saoirse Ronan, and Barry Keoghan: what do the changing portrayals reveal about the evolving Irish-American story?
