Gregory Peck

On its birthday, a very personal list of the best gifts the US has given the world

The ex-007 talks movies, marriages and how Aidan Turner would look good as Bond

Harper Lee: April 28th, 1926 – February 19th, 2016

‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ author was a feisty storyteller with a powerful message

Mockingbird author ‘appeared’ in Truman Capote novels

The site once formed part of Killarney’s first golf course built some 200 years ago

Residents recall having a whale of a time when Hollywood legends arrived in 1954

The artist’s intriguing ‘La Bocca della Verità’ sells for a record price at Sotheby’s

Publisher Harper Collins now has a north American print run for book of over 3.3m

Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty helped thousands escape Nazis in Rome during second World War

From ancient Buddhist temples to colonial-era tea plantations, there’s a warm welcome in Sri Lanka’s beautiful hill country

Courtown Demesne set to enhance growing portfolio of lands around Dublin

Rita Moynihan: July 16th, 1931 - July 24th, 2014

Actress with throaty voice shot to fame in 1944 opposite future husband Humphrey Bogart

The daughter of the great Luis Puenzo has pulled off quite a feat of storytelling with Wakolda, a coming-of-age drama centred on the South American adventures of the notorious Dr Josef Mengele

Published: July 18th , 1954 Photograph by Dermot Barry

The rape of Linor Abargil propelled her on a quest for justice, culminating in the documentary ‘Brave Miss World’