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Is this for real?

Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2010| 2 Comments »

‘Hooplechauns’. Bizarre. We’ve a good few regular readers who prefer green and white scarves to my red and white, any of you know anything?

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Playing tennis beside the Garden of Rememberence

Posted in Dublin History on November 2, 2010| 4 Comments »

Spotted this on the OSI historical map, a tennis court in the grounds of the Rotunda Hospital. I can only presume that it’s well gone?

Rotunda Hospital (c. 1888-1913)

Rodunda Hospital (c. 2010)

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Street Literature

Posted in Music, tagged , , , on November 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“It’s no rumour ’cause its the same all over Dublin,
whether Blanch, Finglas, Ballymun,
Tallaght,Clondalkin to Crumlin”

I don’t own much in the line of Irish hip hop. Scary Éire, Collie’s excellent Is Ainm Dom and a few other albums are up on the shelf. What I like about these lads is the positivity of what they’re doing, and the fact they make no effort to hide their Dublin accents or backgrounds. These lads are releasing their music under the title ‘Working Class Records’ and there is a sense of pride at the centre of what they’re doing. There’s a lesson in there.

Good luck to you lads, and hopefully we’ll be hearing a lot more of you down the line. The video for ‘Products Of The Environment’ is well worth a look.

Give me a reason by Street Literature

We dont need you any more by Street Literature

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Dublin in the rain.

Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

He was never like us, was he? Only saw one of these in town. I’d like one!

Miserable.

I’ll miss that great piece by Canvaz, which was up on Wellington Quay for yonks. A flower shop has moved in next door to The Workman’s Club.

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Dublin Live Independent Music Archive Project?

Posted in Dublin History, Music on November 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

While doing a bit of online searching for possible summer student internships for myself, I came across this very interesting PHD studentship from the University of the West of England.

It’s offering a part-time PhD Studentship in Popular Music and Everyday Life as part of the Bristol Live Independent Music Archive Project (BLIMA) which was set up to ‘compile an archive of the city of Bristol’s live independent music scene, from 1950 to the present’. The PhD studentship comprises of ‘an annual bursary of £3,000 plus tuition fees paid for up to five years’.

Wouldn’t it be fantastic to set a similar thing up focusing on Dublin? I wonder who would be interested in funding it: IMRO, Hot Press, The Arts Council, Project Arts Centre, U2 and the boys?

October 1978

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Movember rolls around.

Posted in Events, tagged on November 1, 2010| 3 Comments »

Inspiration.

You’ve got to love the Movember idea don’t you? Every year, all over the globe, thousands of folks decide to grow moustaches to raise awareness and dosh for mens health issues like prostrate cancer.

“It’s easy to get involved…gentleman start your Mo register at Movember.com and encourage your friends and family to take notice and donate.”

From the Dublin school, Big Jim Larkin, Arthur Griffith and James Joyce come to mind straight away. James Connolly was photographed on his arrival in the United States with this excellent moustache. Synge Street lad George Bernard Shaw went one better than the moustache, with a full beard to boot. One isn’t expected to go that far for Movember.

Give it some thought, or at least give someone braver a few quid. For now, here are a few ideas….

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The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) and the Dublin Fire Brigade strike of 1988

Posted in Dublin History, Social History, tagged , , , on November 1, 2010| 2 Comments »

Firefighters in London have been in the news recently as a result of industrial action against savage attacks on their working conditions. These scans come from the magazine of the FBU,Firefighter, during the 1988 dispute in Dublin. It is a show of solidarity from the UK union to the Dublin firefighters. I have also scanned up an image from the strike, showing a ‘Londonderry FBU’ placard on the streets of Dublin. At a time of political tension in the six counties, firefighters there ignored sectarian divisions and supported their Dublin colleagues. With events in London, this is a timely reminder of what international support can mean to a strike. It has never been scanned online before.

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