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Archive for 2011
Inside Clery’s, 1932
Posted in Dublin History on April 21, 2011| 2 Comments »
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 Dublin Events, Dublin Football, Dublin Ireland, football, St. Pauli 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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The closest we’ll get until an Irish team win it….
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2011| 2 Comments »
As a Saint Patrick’s Athletic fan, I’ve had some mixed Euro match experiences. I don’t think I’ll ever forget getting a phonecall when abroad to tell me we’d defeated Elfsborg in Inchicore, or being on the edge of my seat watching Keith Fahey and the lads take the fight to Hertha Berlin in the R.D.S. Likewise, I’ll never forget Zimbru. Zim-fecking-bru, and the ’10 Nil To The Refugees’ chant that followed us everywhere for a while!
We might not lift the Europa League trophy for a while, but I will. If they let me touch it. The trophy is in Dublin now and there are plans to exhibit it for members of the public. Below are the dates. The trophy will be on both sides of the Liffey over the course of its stay. This time that is!
Airport Terminal 2………………………….April 20th – 25th
The G.P.O………………………………………April 26th – 28th
Dublin City Council Civic Offices……April 29th
Dublin City Hall………………………………April 30th & May 7th
Ilac Centre City Library…………………..May 9th – 15th
Dublin City Hall………………………………May 16th
Some memorable League of Ireland Euro nights:
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The Radiators From Space have landed back on earth
Posted in Dublin History on April 19, 2011| 7 Comments »
Fantastic news. The Radiators are back recording and hopefully gigging.
The Radiators From Space, 1977
The Radiators From Space, 2011
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Fair City is gobbledygook at the best of times….
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2011| 8 Comments »
I wouldn’t be a keen reader of Woman’s Way, what with being a man and all that, but someone in the house is.
Skimming it, I noticed a sizeable section dealing with the soaps:
And looking at Fair City, RTE’s wonderful and moving account of what it’s like to live on the northside of Dublin, I noticed this:
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New DCC digitial collections
Posted in Dublin History, Photography on April 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Continuing in their excellent series of digital collections on different aspects of Dublin history, the council has uploaded two sets on ‘Commercial Dublin‘ and ‘Dublin Shops and Shopping‘. Do have a look.
Bank of Ireland, Baggot Street. (DCC)
Construction of Central Bank. (DCC)
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Sticker City (1)
Posted in Street Art on April 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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. Here’s the first lot:
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