'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
On Tuesday, December 28th next, on RTÉ One at 6.30, Brian Reddin’s documentary, ‘How Ireland Rocked the ‘70s’ looks at the evolution of the festival circuit in Ireland during that decade. A decade in which rock music – national and international – began to take real root in Ireland. Against a back-drop of political instability... Continue Reading →
Forty years ago, next month, a fire that broke out during a Valentine’s weekend disco at The Stardust nightclub in Artane, on the northside of Dublin, resulted in the deaths of 48 young women and men. As Kathy Sheridan reminded Irish Times readers in a 2006 feature piece, ‘of the 48 who died, half were aged 18... Continue Reading →
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