https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpxiOmRxZ14 Guest post from Mick O'Dwyer, a former Teenage Punk, who now works as a librarian in the European Parliamentary Research Service in Brussels, and is one of the dedicated team behind the Forgotten Zine Archive in Dublin Certain bands are inevitably linked with certain times of your life, and for me the noughties were knotted... Continue Reading →
THANKS FOR THE USE OF THE HALL
Looking back at the mixed history of Sir Henry’s, Cork’s best known live music venue, only re-enforced that which I’d long thought: the scruffy old hall was, in reality, nothing more than that. And while folk of course... Continue Reading →
PRINCE, DOWN IN THE PÁIRC
The summer of 1990 is fondly recalled in Ireland by those of a certain age, and especially so in Cork. We’ve already referenced these magical few months, on the playing fields and in the pubs and clubs, in several other posts and those are available here. That three month period was dominated, to a large extent, by Ireland’s... Continue Reading →
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