Dublin Punk 1977 – 1983

I’ve a healthy obsession with Dublin punk/new wave from the late 70s till mid 80s. If I was asked, here would be my top five Dublin first wave punk singles: 1. The Radiators From Space – Television Screen (1977) 2. The Atrix – Treasure On The Wasteland (1980) 3. The Blades – Hot For You [...]

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Things to do in Dublin when you’re… Sober

Dublin is an odd little city in that, whilst everything is on your doorstep, or at least within five minutes trot away, it’s very easy to find yourself with little to do other than hit the pub and whittle your time and hard earned money away on pints and pub crisps. Now, that’s not necessarily [...]

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Pub Crawl, November 2009 (Pubs 6-10)

Pubs six to ten. Worse still, my pubs (As everyone spent a good three weeks reminding me). With, in my opinion, Dublin’s best pint already out of the way at Mulligans, the pressure really was on. Its funny, in that you do a pub crawl, everyone goes “god that’s a great idea” and when the [...]

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Dublin’s new social history plaques

Myself and dfallon spotted a number of these plaques around the Dublin 8 and Liberties area last weekend. Here’s the story behind them… Artist Chris Reid set out to create a micro history about Nicholas Street, Ross Road, Bride Street and Bride Road. This history would be centered on audio recordings of conversations Chris had [...]

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Pub Crawl, September 2009 (Pubs 1-5)

“When things go wrong and will not come right, though you do the best you can, when life looks black as the hour of night, a pint of plain is your only man” It could barely have been foreseen that something that started as an excuse for a pub crawl on a slow Sunday afternoon [...]

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