Actor bergin joins in Belfast celebrations of strike leader
Saturday, 5 May 2007
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A hollywood actor who is to play a famous Irish strike leader in a new movie is in Belfast this weekend.
Patrick Bergin, star of major Hollywood movies such as Robin Hood and Sleeping With The Enemy, was in the city yesterday and participated in the centenary celebrations of the 1907 Belfast Dockers and Carters' Strike.
As this Irish Congress of Trade Unions May Festival has the 1907 strike as its theme, Bergin is especally appropriate as he is scheduled to play strike leader Jim Larkin in the forthcoming biopic of the life of James Connolly, to be directed by Adrian Dunbar.
Last night, Bergin was a special guest at an event for trade union supporters who were visitng Belfast to join in the weekend festivities.
And today, he'll perform at the short rally organised by the ICTU before the traditional May parade, which attracts thousands of workers and their families each year. Bergin will also read poetry in honour of Jim Larkin.
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