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And everybody says he is the happiest man in town.

Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday we popped up the displays from the SRFC Ultras and the SEI in the Tallaght Stadium. Here is the goal from the 90th minute that brings the clash to a second game. Unbelievable.

How do you even manage to do this?

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Great Bolshy Yarblockos To You.

Posted in Events, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , on October 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

If your team aren’t playing in a crucial FAI Cup semi-final rematch tomorrow like mine are, this could be well worth a look. One of my most played DVDs without a shadow of a doubt, A Clockwork Orange has been chosen to kick off a brand new Tuesday night Cinema club at The Grand Social, the brainwave of the people at Crackity Jones.

Where is that? It used to be Pravda. For a period everyone in Dublin thought it was about to be renamed Hector Grays, but sadly that seems to have fallen through. Regardless, I had a quick look when passing through town recently and the place looks excellent since the revamp.

The film club is a weekly one, taking place at 7.30 every Tuesday night downstairs. More importantly, it’s completely free. It’ll be followed by a night of music, with DJ sets manned by Crackity Jones DJs, Megan Fox & Indie Dublin.

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CSÍ: Murder in Little Jerusalem

Posted in Dublin History, Social History, tagged , on October 18, 2010| 3 Comments »

To those who missed it last week, you have till November 1st to watch this fascinating documentary about the murders of two Jewish men in Dublin in the early 1920s.

Even though the Dublin of 1923 was a troubled place, recovering from the war of independence and the very recent civil war, the city was shocked by a spate of murderous attacks on Jewish men walking home to the area off the South Circular Road, known then, as “Little Jerusalem”. Bernard Goldberg, a 42 year old jeweller from Manchester and Ernest Kahan, a 24 year old civil servant in the Dept of Agriculture, were attacked and shot dead. Within the space of two weeks, two Jewish men had been shot dead and two more had been badly injured – the tightly knit jewish community in Dublin now feared the worst – that this was the beginning of a cold blooded anti-semitic campaign.

Despite extensive Police investigations – the killers were never found.

This is a story of intrigue, mystery, scandal, divided loyalties and cover up. For over 80 years the details of the story have remained shrouded in secrecy. For the first time on television CSÍ will piece together what really happened. Who the chief suspects were and what happened to them. And we uncover the trauma that the murders inflicted on the families of those left behind, trauma that ripples on to this day.

 

Map of Dublin’s “Little Jerusalem” (Adapted from Educational Jewish Aspects of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” 5)

 

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See you next Tuesday.

Posted in Miscellaneous on October 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Two excellent displays in Tallaght Stadium today, from the SRFC Ultras and Shed End Invincibles. Both draw on the cup history of the respective clubs.

Typical rubbish policing was witnessed, the ever surprising stewards continue to decide just what qualifies as offensive (the words ‘Never Relegated’, apparently) and as ever drama was in no short supply on the pitch. Four goals was too much for my heart.

The faithful football supporter, red and white or green or white, has a replay booked into the diary now. Tuesday night, Richmond Park.

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Netterville and Mr. Stone of Jamacia

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on October 17, 2010| 5 Comments »

A History of the City of Dublin, Volume Three (1859) by John Thomas Gilbert (1829-1898) describes, in passing, a dramatic sounding story involving the “notorious” Catherine Netterville and her lover “Mr. Stone of Jamacia” who killed himself in Netterville’s Grafton Street mansion.

John Thomas Gilbert, A History of the City of Dublin, Volume 3 (Dublin, 1859), p. 221

Who was Catherine Netterville? Why was she “notorious”? Who was her insane Jamacian lover Mr. Stone?

The book The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland 1740-1840 offers a little background to the Netterville family namely that Catherine Netterville (1712-84) was the daughter of Samuel Burton (1687-1733) of Burton Hall, Co. Carlow.

A. P. W. Malcomson, The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland 1740-1840 (Belfast, 2006), p. 12

I then was able to find out that Catherine Netterville married Nicholas, 5th Viscount Netterville who died in 1750.

Sir Bernard Burke, A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (London, 1866), p. 392

After that, the online trail went dead. I quickly found out why. Catherine Netterville also has been referred to as Katherine.

The story then begins to unravel. It would appear that Catherine (Katherine), in her later life, was a famous Dublin prostitute.

In describing the rise of Margaret (Peg) Plunkett (a.k.a Mrs. Leeson), “the best-known brothel-keeper of eighteenth-century” Dublin it is said that she outmanouvered “established women like Katherine Netterville, alias Kitty ‘Cut-A-Dash'”[1] and Netterville has been described as her “earliest rival”[2]

Kirsten Pullen is able to describe in more detail, the relationship between Mrs. Leeson and Katherine Netterville:

Kirsten Pullen, Actresses and whores: on stage and in society (Cambridge, 2005), p. 78

So, I think I’ve discovered why Mrs. Netterville was described as “notorious” but who was Mr. Stone? If anyone has any information, do leave a comment or email me.

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[1] Unknown, Irish economic and social history, Volumes 31-32, 2004. Available here.

[2] Margaret Leeson, The memoirs of Mrs Leeson (Unknown, 1995) ed. Mary Cecelia Lyons, p. xiii

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A Sunday in Tallaght.

Posted in Miscellaneous on October 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I’m really, really excited about the FAI Cup clash later today between Saint Patrick’s Athletic and Shamrock Rovers. For us, it offers a chance to get something out of this season, and a trophy is long overdue in Inchicore. The incredible support we brought to Tallaght for the Setanta Cup Final against Bohs was an indication of the desire that is there among the rank and filers, and clashes with Rovers never dissappoint. For the most part, they’ve come out on top this year.

It offers my first trip to Tallaght on the Luas, with the car being used elsewhere. Our ticket sales indicate an excellent travelling support too, and no stadium in the league has matched the vocal support Shamrock Rovers fans produce for their team. I have rarely seen them silenced, though the last time I did was a two nil Pats victory there. I’d take the same today.

The real question however is not who will win the cup, but rather will we see another of these?

Pete Mahon’s comments in advance of this one are very interesting too, and he raises a good point regarding the venue and date.

Home ground does give teams an unfair advantage and I don’t see anything wrong with playing games like these in neutral venues – tonight’s game (Bohemians V Sligo) could easily have been played in Tallaght and our game could have been played in Dalymount.

It would also have made more sense to have played tonight’s game on Sunday to accommodate travelling supporters from Sligo with our all-Dublin game being played on a Friday night”

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Don’t look out, look within. Change yourself, but to begin.

Posted in Dublin History, Events, Social History, tagged , , , on October 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Last night myself and hxci popped down to the They Are Us exhibition for a looksie, and to support an excellent cause. Getting there at 5.15 or so, we were well ahead of time and ended up carrying sambos up the stairs with a woman who told us “you’s will get your reward in the next life lads”.

We got a sneak peak on this trek up the stairs however, and a huge image of James Connolly which dominates the first room of a three room exhibition had us dying to see more. We resisted, and went to The Cobblestone. Oisin, a friend who completed the trio, went for a wander around the exhibition like a child who finds all the presents on Christmas Eve. He then came to the pub and told us all about it.

Enjoy the snaps, but get down to the exhibition in Smithfield. The aim is ambitious, €30,000 for the Simon Community. You can pick up one of the four prints you’ll see below here for €25, or €50 signed. It runs tomorrow, and more details are available on the site here. Lets hope they make the €30,000, and the rest.

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A piece of McHistory (1977) and other advertisements.

Posted in Dublin History, Social History on October 15, 2010| 1 Comment »

I’m addicted to newspaper archives. From The Times to The Indo and a number of rural papers too, I could spend hours browsing. Sometimes, it’s not the articles that grab your attention but the ads instead. The one above is a classic, and below I’ve added three more. The guinshops are a long gone part of the city, and the rest grabbed my attention for various reasons. I’ve previously scanned up a few from old newspapers I have at home, and there are plenty more on the way.

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If found please return to The Cobblestone.

Posted in Events on October 15, 2010| 1 Comment »

Doesn’t take much to lure me to Smithfield, but the very promising They Are Us exhibition is taking place in Block T later on today. Hopefully see you there.

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Arrested Development (and not the really great telly show….)

Posted in Events, Music on October 14, 2010| 2 Comments »

Arrested Development – Tennessee

I went to the cinema today (You’d nearly need to remortgage your house) and bought a jumper in American Apparel too (same story as the cinema really) , so of course it was only after parting with this money I stumbled across a flyer for an Arrested Development gig in Dublin. Next week. IN DUBLIN!

Arrested Development are one of my favourite hip hop acts, their albums would be up there with MF Doom and The Roots for me, you know those great hip hop albums white people who like indie rock end up owning for no real reason. A late 80s/early 90s act, it’s so often forgotten they scooped a Grammy Award or two and delivered a few U.S top ten singles. They were the anthesis of ‘gangsta rap’ which was on the rise at the time, and their feel good brand of rap was simply timeless. The influence of blues and soul music on the group was always evident, and Mr. Wendel and Tennessee in particular are tunes you still here frequently in clubs today. The group have been on the go once more since 2000, and are a rare thing in music: A reunion that isn’t totally crap.

They play The Button Factory on October 20th, which is next Wednesday.

Oliver Stone, you owe me nine quid.

Arrested Development – Mr. Wendal

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Old snapshots

Posted in Dublin History, Pubs, Social History, tagged , , on October 14, 2010| 3 Comments »

Three old images of Dublin that I’ve come across lately online.

Though the pub has now been replaced by a Chinese restaurant, you can still see the lion above the door. c. 1940s/50s?


A view towards Rathmines from Portobello. Early 19th century?

 

 

A rare photograph from the construction of Liberty Hall. c.1962

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History Ireland Hedge School: O’ Connell- Liberator Or Demagogue?

Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

So far, there have been three History Ireland Hedge Schools, discussing a wide range of subjects from Red Hugh O’Donnell to the Dublin punk and new wave scenes. These issues have been discussed and debated in a variety of settings, from a tent in Laois during Electric Picnic to a great outdoors session at Phibsboro Library.

The next one takes place this Saturday at 3pm in the RDS as part of the ‘Back To Our Past’ social history exhibition. Among the exhibitors there will be History Ireland themselves, Glasnevin Museum, the Genealogical Society of Ireland and Irish Roots Magazine. There is a ten euro entrance cost on the door, but if you’re crafty there’s a voucher for fiver admission in the current issue of History Ireland.

Anyway, the Hedge School…..

3pm: Daniel O’Connell: Liberator or Demagogue?
Editor Tommy Graham will be hosting the latest in an ongoing series of History Ireland Hedge Schools, lively round-table discussions with historians and well-known personalities. Tommy will be joined by Patrick Geoghegan,TCD and Newstalk’s ‘Talking History’, Kevin Whelan, director, Keough Naughton Notre Dame Centre, Dublin, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD and Shane Mac Thomáis,Glasnevin Trust to discuss the topic: Daniel O’Connell: liberator or demagogue?
Please note: this discussion will take place in the Main Presentation Theatre and NOT the genealogy/family history presentation area.


“His eloquence came down upon the vast assembly like a summer thunder-shower upon a dustyroad”
American civil rights campaigner Frederick Douglass on witnessing an O’ Connell oration.

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