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Archive for January, 2011

A: Very. You’d almost forget all about this…. USI President Gary Redmond to the right there (literally) telling you to ‘Vote Fianna Fail for Jobs’. Their Vice President recently decided students are so important that he could walk away from his job representing them to go after a career in the Labour Party. What a [...]

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Dublin captured by BBC’s Nationwide when Rod Stewart visited in the mid 1970s. They used the footage to publicise his single Sailing and broadcast it on Top Of The Tops in September 1975. Scenes of Moore Street can be seen from about 2:33 minutes in. The actual music video for the song was filmed in [...]

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Cheers Rory, spotted on Facebook.

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Graffiti Ghosts

If you look closely you can still find reminders of Grift’s legacy in Dublin. Grift, who was involved with the ICN (InCogNito) and RCS (RadiCalS) crews, was one arguably one of the most famous and influential graffiti artists in the city’s history. I spotted this in carving on a side of a table in The [...]

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On September 18, 1951 The Irish Times of the day was a most unusual one. It was only four pages of content, owing to a fire which destroyed about a third of the companies premises on Westmoreland Street. Below is the front page of the paper which I picked up recently. Note the side column [...]

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The man with no shame.

I was incredibly angry to hear B€rti€ Ah€rn proclaim to RTE that his biggest regret from his time in the Dail was not securing a proper football stadium for the capital. Is the man for real? While he may fly to Old Trafford to watch kickabouts, a lot more people are flying out of this [...]

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Right on target.

These were discovered hiding in the attic recently, coming from the Watts Gunsmiths which used to be based at 18 Ormond Quay. I’m fascinated by the history of gunsmiths in Dublin, does anyone have a photograph of Watts they can share? Previously, I uploaded this company logo from the ‘compliments’ card of the shop. Today, [...]

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Toners is an unique pub. It has was a haunt of Kavanagh and his ilk in the 1940s and 1950s, it was an important venue for punk and rockabilly in the 1970s and 1980s and now in 2010-2011 it holds irregular electronic/bass gigs. While helping to help set up sound equipment at the Munchi gig [...]

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The King Blues announce Dublin date

Just found out that that London ska/punk  band The King Blues are playing in Dublin (The Academy) on Saturday, March 26. Nice one. Have been into this band for a while now. Their first two albums Under The Fog (2006) and Save The World, Get The Girl (2008) represent some of the best pop-tastic reggae/punk [...]

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“For many years past, Liberty Hall has been a thorn in the side of the Dublin Police and the Irish Government. It was the centre of social anarchy, the brain of every riot and disturbance.” The Irish Times. (pg 191, Easter 1916, Townshend) Reading through Charles Townshend’s excellent book “Easter 1916,” I picked out the [...]

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One More Time….

The DIY Enda Kenny poster generator is probably the best thing on the internet right now. You just make one, print it off, stick it on the door and scare the local canvassers off. It’s been a huge viral success in recent days. Or, you can go all out, like I did.

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DO WANT.

Via the Hairy Baby clothing company.

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