Irish actors relay how the film made their own history come alive for them today and why they are proud to have been a part ...

But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at the bidding of a choir? It was not the pathos of the poetry ...

There’s nothing like exile to concentrate the mind on who and what you are. It’s a lesson I have come to learn myself ...