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Heartbreaking movie based on Irish novel is finally back on Netflix

Heartbreaking movie based on Irish novel is finally back on Netflix

One of our favourite Irish movies is finally on Netflix There are many book-to-screen adaptations that hold a very special place in my heart, but there is one Irish novel that was made for the big screen, and that’s Brooklyn. Brooklyn was recently added to the streaming platform Netflix again, much to readers’ delight. The […]

1 week ago

New TV series based on ‘best Irish novel ever’ to screen this week

New TV series based on ‘best Irish novel ever’ to screen this week

The book has been described as ‘unfilmable’. A new TV series adaptation of James Joyce’s legendary novel Ulysses will be screening this week in Dublin City as part of the Bloomsday Film Festival. This new adaptation is titled Ulysees, New York and is made by American filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (The Show About the Show). It […]

5 months ago

One of the most-read Irish novels of recent years is getting a TV adaptation

One of the most-read Irish novels of recent years is getting a TV adaptation

By Hannah Connolly The popular Cork-based series has been cast and will hit TV screens next year. You may have heard that Boys of Tommen, the popular book series by Irish author Chloe Walsh, is being adapted for TV by Prime Video. The romantic drama saga, which first began with the 2018 smash-hit novel Binding […]

6 months ago