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Raise Hell, Not Fees
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized on November 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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 Ballymun, dublin rap, Hip Hop, Street Literature 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 Movember Dublin 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 1988, Dublin Strike, FBU, London Fire Brigade Strike 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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A Random Drop Inn: Doyles
Posted in Pubs, tagged A Random Drop Inn, Doyles on October 31, 2010| 3 Comments »
Credit to flickr user FungeP
This place has always been a sort of unofficial Trinity student bar. It is a favourite post college boozer of the Trinity faithful, or in some cases a favourite between lectures haven. Downstairs is cozy, often quiet and the Guinness good. Upstairs? I’ve not been in a while. The night before Halloween seems as good a night as any to visit.
Am I boring? Far from it I would hope. I’m in the minority here tonight though. All around me I spot costumes, ranging from Dr. House (It’s Not Lupus!) to Super Mario. I’m in my civies, feeling a little left out as even the barmen have made the effort. A signboard behind the bar shows the drink ‘specials’. €4 a Miller? Is that a ‘special’? We’re in a pub remember, not a nightclub. It’s all a bit steep.
The DJ is knocking out 80s and 70s classics for the most part, to a room in which nobody seems to have been born before 1989. One of those all time classics, Safety Dance, has the place shaking.
What a song in fairness. I’ve been patiently waiting for any chance to somehow work that into a Come Here To Me post. I can retire happy now.
Anyway, the DJ. It’s not doing much for me. I’d stop short of ‘doing a Morrissey’ and leading a chorus of Hang The DJ, but it feels like a wedding anniversary in a GAA club and we’re all too young to remember these tunes really. The crowd is very nice and mingle among each other (rare to see these days sadly) and there are no airs and graces about the place, but it doesn’t do much for me. After another Miller, we’re off in a taxi for The Button Factory.
Downstairs remains one of my favourite spots for a cheeky pint, and I can’t conclude this piece without giving a shout out to what have to be among the soundest doormen in Dublin (no airs and graces comes to mind again….), but upstairs feels like a pub attempting to be a nightclub. Stick to the plain downstairs and you’ll be fine.
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The Irish Revolution (Rare pictures)
Posted in Dublin History, tagged eamon de valera, free state, Irish Civil War, june 1922, Kevin Barry, newry on October 31, 2010| 3 Comments »
While reading Francis Costello’s excellent The Irish Revolution and its Aftermath, 1916-1923, I came across these three fantastic pictures. What struck me first was that the fact that I didn’t recognise any of them. The second thing that was surprising was that I couldn’t find any of the pictures online after a rake of google searches. So, I scanned them onto my laptop and re-touched them a bit using I-Photo. Enjoy.
Francis Costello, The Irish revolution and its aftermath, 1916-1923: years of revolt (Dublin, 2003), p. 220
Francis Costello, The Irish revolution and its aftermath, 1916-1923: years of revolt (Dublin, 2003), p. 225
Francis Costello, The Irish revolution and its aftermath, 1916-1923: years of revolt (Dublin, 2003), p. 227
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They Think It’s All Over (It actually is)
Posted in Football Articles, tagged Dublin ultras on October 30, 2010| 5 Comments »
What’s another year? Hard to believe another season of football in the capital is over. This is the time of year when many will go into hibernation, unimpressed by antics across the sea. For me, it’s a time to turn to Scotland, but it’s not the same really is it? Below, to mark the end of the season, we bring you some of the best displays from the capital, or involving the capital. Great credit is due to the people at the Irish Ultras Movement blog, who have been fantastic in getting displays up online quickly.
Sligo Rovers lads Forza Rovers had a hell of a year, producing top class displays time and time again. This small banner was a beautiful tribute to a young Shelbourne F.C player murdered in the capital.
Most clubs seemed to up their own efforts when facing the Sligo lads, though one Shamrock Rovers banner on an away encounter west simply read ‘ULTRAS NOT ARTISTS’. At a home encounter against the Sligo men, the SRFC Ultras produced this gem.
In Inchicore the Shed End Invincibles produced some crackers, and like the Sligo lads were capable of producing displays week after week. The appearance of SEI stickers around the city and county meant they likely joined the SRFC Ultras on the City Council litter lists.
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Brother, can you spare a dime….
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
DCTV are still knocking these out, excellent weekly ‘Dole TV’ pieces. This episode makes for particularly interesting viewing, with someone on hand from the Liberty Citizens Information Centre to explain just how you actually do go about applying for the big D. The usual mix of news, politics, humour and music features.
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