The beloved pub closed its doors in 2021. A documentary about a legendary Irish pub produced by and starring Oscar-nominated Irish actor Brendan Gleeson is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 28 July). Titled Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, the film is about Hughes’s, the bar that was located behind the Four Courts in Smithfield, Dublin. […]

8 months ago

The film had its world premiere earlier this year. A documentary about a legendary Irish pub produced by and starring Oscar-nominated Irish actor Brendan Gleeson will be airing on TV tonight. Titled Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, the film, which is being shown on TG4 tonight at 20:30, is about Hughes’s – the bar that […]

1 year ago

The film had its world premiere earlier this year. A documentary about a legendary Irish pub produced by and starring Oscar-nominated Irish actor Brendan Gleeson will be airing on TV later this month. Titled Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, the film coming to TG4 soon is about Hughes’s – the bar that was located behind […]

1 year ago

The Penguin has a surprisingly strong connection to Ireland both in terms of actors and story. Irish actors Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan and Peter McDonald all had villain roles in the 2022 smash hit blockbuster The Batman. Both Farrell and McDonald, briefly in the latter’s case, reprise their roles in The Penguin – the excellent […]

1 year ago

“Péist? I mo cháca?!” Most Irish folks of a certain generation still wake up in the middle of the night, haunted by nightmares of a blind Brendan Gleeson scrambling around for his inhaler while he chokes to death on a train. If you’ve only just been reminded of the terrifying short film Cáca Milis by […]

2 years ago

Not who you want to be showing up during a date. We’ve all had some nightmare first dates, but one experience from Domhnall Gleeson might just take the cake, and it involved a very familiar face. The Irish actor appeared on the Late Late Show Valentine’s Special to chat to Patrick Kielty about his new […]

2 years ago