Pogue Mahone

[digit]

flann o brien and paddy kavanagh drunk as coots
www.openculture.com/2013/07/the-first-bloomsday.html

[manho]

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/aug/17/arthur-fields-oconnell-bridge-gallery

[digit]

cool, I think the same guy took a picture of my grandparents in O'Connell Street , will try to dig it out

[digit]

Dubliners on Ed Sullivan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhpb_-QGPQ0

[manho]

www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/09/philip-chevron

[digit]

this should probably go on youtube thread (as it was a big hit in america in 1896) but apart from the obvious irish connection , it also appears at the end of portrait of an artist. dublin was the liverpool of the 1890s ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OypBztoyCSk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[manho]

great video. she's the same age as boby but her voice is in better shape. boby does a similar dance when he's playing his guitar solos.

[digit]

an interesting article and an interview from eire this weekend

www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/how-joyce-bit-the-yeats-hand-that-fed-him-31488044.html

www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/van/van-morrison-being-famous-is-not-great-for-the-creative-process-not-for-me-anyway-1.2332216

[Cat Stevens]

TASTE at the Isle of Wight '70 DVD, finally! Holy grail for Taste & Rory fans, about freakin' time. Check out the previously unseen footage of "What's going on":

www.eagle-rock.com/2015/07/taste-whats-going-on-live-at-the-isle-of-wight-festival-1970/#.VeRTWH3SPZj

There's also this 4cd Taste box set coming out -- www.uncut.co.uk/news/rory-gallaghers-taste-4-cd-box-set-announced-69384

[manho]

www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/18/margaret-barry-wild-irish-woman-of-the-british-folk-scene-celtic-connections?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Gmail