Our friends at The Little Museum of Dublin are gearing up for a new exhibition that will explore the glory days of Dublin GAA in the 1970s and 80s, and the loyal band of supporters known as ‘Heffo’s Army’. It’s an important bit of Dublin social history, and something we’ve looked at briefly on the […]
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Heffo’s Army: Were you there?
Posted in Dublin History on February 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
A quick look at the ‘Keep Rovers At Milltown’ campaign.
Posted in Dublin History on October 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In the history of association football in Dublin, Ringsend holds a special place. Shelbourne F.C were born there in 1895, and in 1901 it was to prove the birthplace of Shamrock Rovers. The first meeting of the club took place at 4 Irishtown Road. Depsite beginning their football playing days in Ringsend Park, Shamrock Rovers […]
Rads, Rats and Punks: Some scans from Heat fanzine (Sept. 1977)
Posted in Dublin History on July 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Heat fanzine ran for nine issues from May 1977, providing coverage to a new emerging Irish rock and punk scene of musicians. One feature of the fanzine, which Brand New Retro have correctly highlighted, is the brilliant front covers. A brief history of the magazine, from the Loserdom fanzine: The subject matter covered new wave/punk […]
Billy Morley RIP
Posted in Music on January 29, 2014| 10 Comments »
We were very sorry to hear that Dublin guitarist and graphic designer Billy Morley has passed away. During his career, he played with The Radiators From Space, Revolver, The Defenders, The Teen Commandments and Lucky Bones. As first reported by Hot Press, Billy began his career in the early to mid 1970s as a guitarist […]
The Blizzard arrives in Dublin.
Posted in Football Articles on January 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
I love the beautiful game, and I hate the ‘Red Tops’. For years, I’ve been an avid reader of When Saturday Comes, and long-term readers of the blog will know that the once-thriving fanzine culture in the League of Ireland is something I sorely miss. In the past we’ve featured fanzines from Bohs, Pats and […]
Blue is the colour……
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2011| 4 Comments »
The latest copy of Blue and Navy, the Dublin GAA fanzine, will be on sale around Croker this Sunday before the All Ireland semi which sees the capital take on Donegal. As a League of Ireland fan, there was a period when picking up fanzines was a part of my match experience, from Inchicore to […]
Football
Posted in on November 2, 2010| 5 Comments »
A selection of football articles from the site, excluding most standard match reports and previews. This is sort of an archive of fanzines, opinion pieces and unusual snaps and scans. Football History and Opinion: Richmond Park and Ireland’s first rock festival. FAI Cup Final 1966, and the 1916 connection. Northern Irish and Southern Irish annual […]
A Rough Guide To Dalymount Park (1993)
Posted in Football Articles, Miscellaneous on August 21, 2010| 1 Comment »
I’m just back in the door from the land of Irn Bru and battered Mars Bars (lots of dog walking ahead….) and have heaps of LOI fanzines to upload here on Come Here To Me soon, as I’d like to get them back to people. Still, I thought this was worth getting up in its […]
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