Posted in Phil Lynott, Crumlin, dublin, music on Nov 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
During a rare attempt to listen to a few tracks from one of Marc Riley’s programmes on BBC Six Music (or whatever it’s called) I got sidetracked onto a Phil Lynott documentary they’re currently broadcasting : Phil Lynott docu. Part 1 of 6 Narration is by that Nordie actor that once did voicovers […]
Posted in irish culture, dublin, Ireland on Oct 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
I came across an old tape today, of a Vincent Browne Show special on Brendan Behan from 1998, on the occasion of what would have been the author’s 75th birthday. His guests that night included Carolyn Swift, Ulick O’Connor, and Brian Behan. It’s about forty minutes long, and the tape runs out before the end […]
Posted in Irish Middle Class, Marx, dublin, Irish social history, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Sep 30th, 2008 15 Comments »
Night is gone, a dawn
comes up in birds and sounds of the city.
There will be light
to live by, things
to see: my eyes will lift
to where the sun in vermilion sits,
and I will love thee and have pity. (Michael Hartnett)
I’m sitting on the small fenced stone wall that surrounds the central bank on Dame Street, drinking […]
Posted in Ex Members of Fall, Radio, dublin, music on Sep 18th, 2008 8 Comments »
[ Probably the ‘Australian’ Sewing Room - photo nicked from www.elderweb.com ]
Some of you may remember the mid 90s Dublin ’supergroup’ The Sewing Room ( Sewing Room MySpace ). I say ’supergroup’ as a couple of the members emerged from out of the rubble of late 80s/early 90s bands Stars of Heaven (Stanley Erraught […]
Posted in Television, podcast, dublin, music on Sep 8th, 2008 No Comments »
A recent chance discovery of mine on YouTube (that place where there are so many of them lying in wait) has been Balcony TV As ever, it was a totally unrelated Google search (for ‘Bristol Palin alien artifical insemination home movie’ as it tranpires) that went horribly wrong - Google works in […]
Posted in Comedy, Flann O'Brien, dublin, Ireland on Sep 2nd, 2008 3 Comments »
[ K. McAleer lifted from timeout.com / D. Allen half inched from, ahem, timesonline.co.uk ]
Conor’s post last week (complete with a graph) on comics, their politics, their funniness and the correlations between the three ( Balance and Comedy do not Mix ) got me thinking on some of the comics missing from the […]
Posted in dublin, Ireland on Aug 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
This is a strange one for Dublin Opinion. My brother-in-law sent me the link. From what I can gather it’s from an unmarked Garda car doing the rounds in Clondalkin/Neilstown. The clip itself has been doing the rounds via Bluetooth for the last couple of months, but somebody got around to putting it up on […]
Posted in pubs, dublin, Planning, Property on Aug 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Frequently, during my occasional trips back to Dublin, I find myself transformed into one of those sort of ex-pats that rattle off letters to the Irish Times once home complaining about everything. Where should I start, Mr. Editor ? - the litter, the general grubbiness, the inflated prices, the standard issue shellsuits, the obese teenagers… […]
Posted in Ronnie Drew, Mortality, dublin, music on Aug 18th, 2008 9 Comments »
I haven’t looked around the Irish blogosphere this morning, so I can’t really judge the reaction to Ronnie Drew passing away. I assume that comment is being left to the mainstream media and that he didn’t mean all that much to the i-pod hordes that surround us on all sides. Myself, being a narky auld […]
Posted in Edenmore, memory, dublin, Irish social history on Jul 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
Came across this on YouTube. An interesting piece of footage of South Dublin, Walkinstown Cross, and the Crumlin Road (Children’s Hospital) during the “Big Snow”.
Enjoy.
