Joseph Patrick Carroll Naish, who was better known as J Carrol Naish, was born in New York in 1896. The son of a Limerick couple, he grew to become an American character actor who was nominated twice for an Academy Award. Naish was married from 1929 until his death to actress Gladys Heaney and had…
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Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush visit in 1954
Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush visited Limerick in June 1954 to promote their film ‘Captain Lightfoot‘, while outside St Joseph’s Church, O’Connell Avenue they had their picture taken with the Limerick Pipe Band. The Limerick Leader, 14 June 1954 reports: ROCK HUDSON, the film actor, whose off-stage name in Fitzgerald, arrived at Shannon Airport on…