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Archive for September, 2010

Your humanity and your faithful loyalty Your compassion and your plea for change Gives me faith in humankind All the good ones you can find And all the monsters and the blind…… Damien Dempsey- How Strange. We’ve been following this one for yonks. Our first post on the maser/Damien Dempsey collaboration was back in March [...]

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You’d have to laugh.

While Dublin comes to terms with truckgate today, I got a laugh out of this excellent image doing the rounds from the ICTU protest yesterday at the Dail. Nice one lads, nice one.

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These are everywhere in town. I had to explain to two American tourists at the traffic lights by Poolbeg Street that not alone was the tap water fine, but I’d filled up the bottle I was carrying at home that morning. This one comes from the bathroom of one of my local pubs. Sticking to [...]

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Enemy at the gates.

This is excellent, TDs discuss truckgate at the Dail this morning. If you’re not from this parish and confused about the subject at hand, I suggest you read this typically over the top Evening Herald report. Only in the Evenin’ Hedild can a truck parked outside the Dail become a doomsday device rammed through the [...]

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“The National Graves Association and the Save 16 Moore Street Committee cordially invite you to an information meeting on Thursday 14th October 8pm at Wynns Hotel, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin. It is essential that as many people as possible attend this event. TDs, special guests and relatives of the 1916 leaders will be present.” Anyone [...]

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In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple; By the relief office, I’d seen my people. As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking, Is this land made for you and me? Woody Guthrie, one of the greatest folk singers of all time, died a horrible death at the hands [...]

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The market workers of Dublin and others like them knew a very different city from the average worker in the capital today. Before the first bus even rolls through the suburbs now, these workers were often at the end of their workday. Early house pubs opened their doors from about 7am, and it wasn’t unusual [...]

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(Note: This is our 400th post. Wow! Our birthday is coming up in November. Watch this space) It may take a while before someone writes the definitive history of the rave/dance/club scene in Dublin. Until then, here’s some links to keep you busy: Articles: – History of Dublin Clubbing, John Braineon, September 2000. Excellent overview [...]

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Dole TV.

Includes an interview with Sam Nolan (Trade Unionist) Street Literature- Products Of Our Environment (1.48 in) and Brian Cowen boozing around Dublin (8.00 in) Well done to Dublin Community Television on this one, the first episode of Dole TV. Offering a fine mix of content, what begins with a great interview with Sam Nolan goes [...]

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A portrait of legendary bare-knuckle boxer Dan Donnelly. Ye sons of proud Britannia, your boasting now give o’er, Since by our hero Donnelly, your hero is no more; Eleven rounds he got nine knocks down, broke his jawbone, Shake hands, says she, brave Donnelly, the battle is our own. (from the ballad “Donnelly and Cooper,” words here.) Irish history [...]

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A documentary called ‘Hill Street’ which deals with the history of skateboarding in Dublin is currently in post-production. Produced by JJ Rolfe and directed by Warrior Films, the film will deal with skateboarding in Dublin from the late 1980s to the present today. It will include contributions from many legends of the local scene including [...]

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Our friend Garry O’Neill (author of an anticipated photographic book on Dublin youth culture) is trying to get in contact with any of the girls mentioned in the following news article. You can reach Garry at cru71(at)hotmail.com

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