Daniel Day Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln in Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln, recalling the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln and his fight to emancipate slaves. Where the film shows Lincoln as the hero, pushing through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee freedom for slaves, he himself was not a radical abolitionist, but events were set to change all that. Pat was joined from the Galway studio by Enrico Dal Lago, of the Department of History at the National University Of Ireland, Galway, who has specialized in this period of American history.
Dublin's O'Connell Street came to a standstill yesterday afternoon as some of the biggest Hollywood stars walked the red carpet from the Gresham Hotel to the Savoy for the premiere of Lincoln. Valerie Cox was there.