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The annual North Inner City Folklore Project 1916 commemoration.

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on April 26, 2011| 2 Comments »

Great credit is due to the North Inner City Folklore Project for its efforts to preserve, protect and cherish the history of its local area. Terry Fagan of the Project has written on everything from local republican women to the madams of Monto, and last year the group put a well deserved plaque on the home of the Connolly siblings of the Irish Citizen Army.

Yesterday, the group unveiled a new plaque, this time to Patrick Heeny who composed the music for The Soldiers Song. It can be seen on the side of the flat complex by Railway Street. Like the Connolly plaque, it’s great to see plaques outside of the city centre itself and in areas like this. The turnout of locals showed how appreciated the efforts of Terry Fagan and the North Inner City Folklore Project are in the area.

Prior to the plaque being unveiled, relatives of James Connolly and young Molly O’Reilly re-enacted the raising of the green flag at Liberty Hall. Writing on the decision to raise the flag over Liberty Hall in 1916, James Connolly wrote:

We are out for Ireland for the Irish. But who are the Irish? Not the rack-renting, slum-owning landlord; not the sweating, profit-grinding capitalist; not the sleek and oily lawyer; not the prostitute pressman – the hired liars of the enemy. Not these are the Irish upon whom the future depends. Not these, but the Irish working class, the only secure foundation upon which a free nation can be reared.

I couldn’t help but think of his words watching the government ‘parade’ on Sunday.

The likes of the Folklore Project empower ordinary people to read and research history. Long may it continue.

Our report from the unveiling of the Connolly siblings plaque in 2010 can be read here.

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Football: Not Suitable For Those With A Heart Condition.

Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »

…..and this is the League Cup!

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May Day, May Day

Posted in Events, Music on April 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »

While the CHTM! team will be in O’Byrnes this May 1st for the Sounds of Resistance gig, it’s interesting to see that other club promoters are tapping into labour/socialist imagery for their publicity, namely the Mongo all-dayer in Tripod.

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“Then bam! Bobs your uncle, Mary’s your aunt.”

Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2011| 6 Comments »

I’m literally about to hop in a car to follow my beloved Pats up to Derry, will this lad be there? Who knows.

Taken on the northside of the Liffey, I’m calling this one an agent provocateur!

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Plaques of Dublin: Sean Healy, Phibsboro.

Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2011| 8 Comments »

Previous ‘Plaques of Dublin’:
The Eagle Tavern, Lord Edward Carson.

With the weekend that is upon us, the latest in the ‘Plaques of Dublin’ series is a plaque related to the 1916 rebellion.

Sean Healy is one of the most remarkable characters in the story of the Easter rising, being the youngest casualty on the republican side. Born in Phibsboro in 1901, he was to lose his life in the same corner of the city he hailed from. He had been educated at Saint Peter’s National School in the area, and as early as thirteen was working as an apprentice to his father in the pluming trade.

Today, one finds the Volunteer hat of Sean Healy in the Soldiers and Chiefs exhibition in Collins Barracks. At fifteen, it is difficult to picture any youngster as a ‘soldier’ of course.

There is great detail of Sean’s experiences in the rebellion on the website of the National Graves Association where it is noted:

All day on Monday he waited expectantly for his mobilisation order. But he waited in vain, as the Fianna executive had decided that the younger boys were not to be called upon. On Tuesday morning he decided to go out and fight without orders. So he made his way across town and reported for duty to Commandant Thomas MacDonagh in Jacob’s Factory, near Aungier Street.

Some hours later he was given an urgent dispatch to carry to the officer commanding at Phibsboro Bridge. On his way he stopped at his home to let his mother know that he was safe and well. He left home within a few minutes and he had travelled only a short distance when he was shot at Byrne’s Corner, Phibsboro.

In Ben Novik’s excellent Conceiving Revolution, a study of Irish nationalist propaganda during the first World War, it is noted that early in 1917 a work entitled The Fianna heroes of 1916 was published by Cumann na mBan. This work featured an image of Sean on its back cover, and it was noted:

Young boys, little more than children, cheerfully offered their services and their lives in the sacred cause.

Image of Sean Healy from Ben Novik's Conceiving Revolution

Today, young Sean is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, not far from his home.

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Inside Clery’s, 1932

Posted in Dublin History on April 21, 2011| 2 Comments »

Clerys Mechanical Zoo, bargain basement and more besides. A great gem uploaded to Youtube by timminspj .

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Living For The Weekend.

Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Ci is off to Yeats Country on Friday, but for me it’s Derry. Our northside and southside clubs are both out of town. Any visit to Sandino’s, the Bogside and Derry city is worth taking so I’m excited about that. The Irish Taliban have seen to it you can’t enjoy a drink tomorrow, so if you’re one of us red and white Dublin 8 types hop in a car and come north.

The highlight of this weekend in Dublin has to be the Tivoli Jam. Graffiti, DJ’s, fun in the sun and some of the best Irish and international artists in the field. It runs Saturday in the Tivoli carpark from 12-6, I’ll be there post-work from about 3. Say hello.

The good people at Crackbird are running their new Saturday night special again. 2 quid beers and 5 quid for chicken AND beer? Crackbird, never leave us.

For those lucky enough to still have jobs and money to waste on nice things, Urban Outfitters are doing a Good Friday Party, with 20% off all clothes and free beers in the shop. Can’t go wrong with that really.

If you can over the weekend, get down to The Art Park, “Dublin’s largest outdoor visual arts screen”, which is showing ‘Maser is Home Made’ – a six-minute graffiti projection by Maser. It’s down by the back of the Convention Centre.

With the weekend that is in it, there are events around the city to mark the anniversary of the 1916 rising. My picks of these would be the new ‘Blood Upon The Rose’ exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol, the walking tour of Dublin with Bill O’Brien on Good Friday organised by éirígí and the unveiling of a plaque on Monday to Patrick Heeney, with a midday meet up at Liberty Hall. That plaque is being unveiled by the North Inner City Folklore Project, a group I have a great deal of time and respect for. Researching my own family, I’d love someone on this side of the Liffey to match their passion!

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East is East

Posted in Miscellaneous on April 21, 2011| 10 Comments »

Finally a bit of good news for the city. Business groups, traders and locals are coming together with the idea of turning East Parnell Street, which runs from the top of O’Connell Street to Gardiner Street, into Dublin’s Oriental Quarter.

The Dublin Civic Trust will publish a study on Parnell Street next month which is the third in its series — the first two being on Capel Street and Thomas Street.

Widened footpaths, redesigned shop fronts, outdoor seating for restaurants, and more street lighting are all being recommended for the new eating quarter. – Herald

Best of luck to all involved.

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New ‘Blood Upon The Rose’ exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol.

Posted in Events on April 21, 2011| 1 Comment »

Last night I attended the launch of a new exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol, centered around Gerry Hunt’s excellent 2009 graphic novel ‘Blood Upon The Rose’.

Of course, the title of the work came from a poem of Joseph Plunkett’s, one of the men executed for putting his name to the proclamation drafted by the leaders of the 1916 uprising.

I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.

Gerry Hunt gave a brief, excellent and very modest talk on the work, noting that he wished to tell the story of the insurrection rather than get tied down with individual heroics, yet stating he was drawn to the character of Plunkett. This is evidently clear to the reader of the work. It was more than fitting that Honor O Brolchain, grand-niece of Joseph Plunkett, was also present to deliver a fine talk on Joseph Plunkett, Grace Gifford and the importance of the jail among other things. It was interesting to hear that O’Brien Press are currently working on sixteen books on the leaders of the insurrection, one looking at each of the executed men. Fittingly, O Brolchain is the author of the upcoming work on Plunkett. I remember my first visit to Kilmainham as a youngster, and being drawn to the story of Grace Gifford, a woman with a story to tell that goes on long after her tragic wedding.

The exhibition at Kilmainham is made up of large panels which show a selection of scenes from the book, ranging from the last meeting of the signatories of the proclamation at Liberty Hall to the battle of Mount Street Bridge. Along with the panels however there are many items on display which have not been on display before in the jail or elsewhere. Among the items displayed one finds a shell fired from the Helga and one of the final letters of the executed Con Colbert.

A similar exhibition around the work took place recently in the Pearse Museum, but the items displayed here are new to this presentation, meaning a visit is worthwhile even for those who visited the ‘Blood on the Rose’ exhibition at Scoil Eanna.

The launch last night was well attended, with many relatives of those featured in the work present. Be sure to get in for a look.

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A nice day in Dublin.

Posted in Photography on April 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Record Store Day was a great success. The photos below come from Neil Frazer, and go to prove everyone should have at least one friend who is well able to use a camera. The highlight of the day was undoubtedly Lykke Li at Tower Records, though Neil missed this owing to sitting on a bus.


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We love you!

Posted in Events, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Its not too often you get posts on here lauding non-LOI football. If anything, the content of our football related articles are overtly critical (and rightly so) of a nation of barstoolers who do their best to ignore teams on their own island. Whoso could begrudge the three of us so for having an interest in a foreign team, not across the narrow strip of water that divides us from “the mainland” but across the expanse of Europe to Hamburg and their “second” team, St. Pauli.

The thing is with St. Pauli, you aren’t just lending your support to an adopted team that have nothing got to to with you. You are adopting a code of beliefs. St. Pauli stand for everything we on CHTM! stand for – We are vehemently anti-sexist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. If you haven’t gotten that from our posts hither to now well… now you know. Two out of the three of us have made it to games this season and have made some great contacts and friends across there, some closer than others and for different reasons.

Dont expect this madness, just something close.

So, with us having good friends in the St. Pauli Supporters Club, Dublin, we have found out that their youth team is partaking in an invitational tournament at the bequest of Kevin’s Boys, programme as follows:

VENUE:  ST KEVINS BOYS CLUB, SHANOWEN ROAD, DUBLIN 9

FRIDAY APRIL 22nd

11.00am           Group 1                       St Kevins Boys Club      v   Brondby  I F
12.30pm          Group 2                       West Bromwich Albion  v  St Pauli
5.00pm            Group 1                       Brondby I F                     v  Sunderland  AFC
6.30pm            Group 2                       St Pauli                              v  Arsenal F C

SATURDAY APRIL 23rd  

11.00am           Group 1                       St Kevins Boys Club       v        Sunderland AFC
12.30pm          Group 2                       Arsenal F C                     v       West Bromwich Albion
5.00pm            Semi Final                    Winner Group 1              v     Runner Up Group 2
6.30pm            Semi Final                    Winner Group 2              v    Runner Up Group 1

SUNDAY APRIL 24th  

11.00am           5th & 6th Place Play Off                3rd place Group 1   v  3rd place Group 2
12.30pm          3rd & 4th Place Play Off            Beaten semi finalists 1 v Beaten semi finalists 2
1.45pm            Exhibition game by St Kevins Boys Under 6 Development Squad (15 mins)

TOURNAMENT FINAL

KICK OFF 2.15pm.

PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES

The plan is for us to make it out to the WBA vs. St. Pauli game on Friday morning, as myself and DFallon are heading off to (albeit) separate LOI games Friday afternoon, him to Derry, myself to Sligo and JayCarax off to the Good Friday Wicklow Wander.

Don’t forget though, before all that madness, there is the monthly Sounds of Resistance gig in O’Byrnes on Capel / Bolton Street that you can most likely find the three of us at; look for the lads in the corner sipping Guinness and looking shifty.

Come to this!

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Sticker City (2)

Posted in Street Art on April 19, 2011| 2 Comments »

I love stickers. Many of them say something, many more don’t. Football ultras, politicos, gig organisers, bands, street artists and more besides use the traffic lights of the city to spread a message.

I’m going to upload some from around the city which grab my attention.

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