‘Come here to me’ is Dublin slang used to mean “Listen to this” or “I’ve something to tell you”. These phrases tend to imply a secretiveness or revelatory importance to the upcoming piece of information.
Come Here To Me! is a group blog that focuses on the life and culture of Dublin city. Music, history, football, politics and pub crawls all feature, along with much more.
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Authors:
Sam McGrath completed the Archives and Record Management Masters course in UCD in 2013. His thesis was focused on archives and Web 2.0, based on his digitisation, social media and crowdsourcing work with the Archive of the Irish in Britain. Completing his B.A. in History and Politics in UCD in 2011, he has contributed content to RTE’s ‘The History Show’ and was the author of a series of articles on ‘UCD’s Hidden History’ for The College Tribune.
His main research topics include Dublin’s live music scene (1976 – 1984) international connections to the Easter Rising, Dublin’s youth subcultures and the social history of UCD while some of his latest topics for the blog include the history of ethnic restaurants in Dublin and memorials to assassinated anti-Treaty IRA volunteers in the city. He has previously worked with the Heritage Council in Kilkenny, the National Library in Dublin, Irish Labour History Museum in Dublin, the Digital Repository of Ireland in Maynooth and the Peoples History Museum in Manchester. If you wish, you can drop him a mail at matchgrams(at)gmail(dot)com
Ciarán Murray is the only one on the CHTM! three born outside The Pale but has been living here since 2001, when he moved here to study a degree in English and Philosophy in UCD. His main interests lie in Dublin’s social and political history, Irish music and literature and like the other two, League of Ireland football- in particular Bohemian FC. He has contributed to The College Tribune, Rabble and History Ireland. You can give him a shout on ci_murray(at)hotmail.com
Formerly of the blog (2009-2019), Donal Fallon can be contacted at donalfallondublin(at)gmail(dot)com.
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Good reading, lads. Enjoyed most of the pubs on yer list 1st hand, but you’ve whetted my appetite for some I’ve so far neglected. Look forward to more instalments.
Danger of a bit of Dub chauvinism in claiming Come Here to Me as Dublin slang? It can be heard in Cork too as in Jimmy Crowley’s rendition of Johnny Jump Up – “Come here to me boy, Can’t you see I’m the law, Well I upped with me fist, And I shattered his jaw”.
I wonder is it an import from the Gaeilge? Tar anseo chugam? I’ll check that out and get back to ye!
Sounds like Rule 42, buachaill maith!!
Yep. My friends on acmhainn.ie tell me there’s every chance that Come here to me is an import from the Gaeilge. Goitse, Gabh i leith chugam, Gabh thusa anseo are all variations meaning basically Come here to me in Irish. The question now is did it come from Irish to English or vice versa … or had the Normans or the Vikings a hand in it?!
Hi Lads,
Enjoyed very much your contribution about Liam Weldon. You can find an album of photographs about Liam on http://www.myspace.com/polhuellou
I also recommend to you to check the version of James Connolly on http://www.myspace.com/manuelmarchès
Great stuff !
http://www.webventurer.com/blog/thirty-day-challenge-3/tips/tip-18-lose-the-wordpress-snapshot-previews/
Please.
Please for the love of all that’s good and just and moral and sane.
Please, I fucking hold my hands up in supplication and beggance whether that’s a word or not, I fucking beg of you, please get rid of those wordpress snapshot horrors. Afterwards, please find the person who deemed them reasonable in the first place and beat them around the ears. I plead so so grovellingly.
You are killing your website with this evil terror.
Great site lads, I’ll be back for a deeper delve.
I stumbled onto your site when I was googling images of the Mary Mediatrix store in O’Connell Street! What a referral 🙂 Really like what I read, keep up the good work!
Cheers Kate, had a look on your blog there, good stuff!
Great site, do keep up the good work. Its important to keep unearthing little historical artefacts relating to the history of B.A.C. that might otherwise be lost forever. I have a few pieces meself that I must copy and post into your site.
The reason why I want to comment is to ask about the title of this site, ‘’Come Here To Me’’ Don’t mean to rain on your parade or be negative or too critical on such a good web site, but ‘Come Here To Me’ is really a slow clearly spoken line from Dublin 4. A real Dub would say Cum mere te me, Dubliners tend to fuse words together. They speak fast as if they are always in a hurry, maybe that’s why they fuse the words together.
Cheers for the comment Thomas.
A real Dub would say Cum mere te me, Dubliners tend to fuse words together. They speak fast as if they are always in a hurry, maybe that’s why they fuse the words together.
Ah, we knew that of course. But for the benefit of an easily remembered blog name and for sake of people trying to find it who aren’t from Dublin, we decided to go with the simple Come Here To Me!
🙂
“Dublin 4”
Never heard of it 😉
Fair point Mr Jay, slainte.
Mr F, I wish I never heard of it either
Just discovered the site lads. I am a Dublin tour guide, 4th generation Dubliner who is always on the look out for new facts and stores. Love the Volonel story, especially relevant with that War Horse film coming out. My mother’s family came from Longmeadows in Old Kilmainham so will be delving into the site for more info about that area. Pauline
Anyone where Everton Terrace between Glasnevin and NCR was? Is it gone or renamed? It’s in both 1901 and 1911 census.
Still there.
https://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=everton+terrace+dublin+7&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x48670dcc61762d33:0x2a0fc8d0eaecd822,7+Everton+Ave,+Dublin+7,+Co.+Dublin&gl=ie&ei=VLInUP3gNpSDhQfnxoDoCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ8gEwAA
Cheers Pat.
I have found an autographed B&W photo of Irish Tenor Danny Malone in my late Grandmothers photos/papers. I believe she may have got this when she saw him in Australia in the 1930’s?? Would like to maybe get this to any family he may have left if they are interested. would like any help in getting in touch with them or anyone close if possible. is only a small photo but it may have some sentimental value. I will keep a copy, in my Nanna’s memories, but am happy to give the family the original. thank you.
Hi, my name is Michael Johnston, and I have noted that you have a signed photograph of Danny Malone that you wish to pass to his family.
Danny was born John Johnston in Belfast, Ireland and Danny Malone was his stage name. He was brother (2 years younger) to my Grand Father Robert Johnston, and although he died drunk and penniless, he is still family. When my father passed, he asked for two things, first to be carried out of the house feet first, and second to have Danny sing Danny Boy at the service. Both were carried out to our happiness. I am willing to pass along more information to you about how he is related to our family, so please contact me via e mail so we can discuss this further. My uncle would be very happy to know we have a photo in our possession.
Sincerely,
Michael Johnston
Calgary, Canada
Hey guys we are coming to Dublin for a Study Visit with 10 of us in total and we’d love to have a chance to take a walk round ‘Radical Dublin’. Please get back to me if one of you is able to do this for us. Our dates are 1-2-3-4-5 April 2012. Thanks – it would be great esp. on the Sunday evening or Monday evening.
Hi Helen!
I give occasional tours on the topic with the ‘Historical Insights’ company, they’re available at http://www.historicalinsights.ie
Lads, love the site. Is there a reason there’s no twitter button at the bottom of each page next to the facebook etc.?
Cheers for noticing Conor. Think I’ve fixed it now. All the best.
You did indeed.
I’m glad I found this blog, since I just moved to Dublin and am always looking for cool things to see & do.
Cheers!
Welcome to Dublin!
Hello all at ‘come here to me’ – i wonder could any of ye help? I’m looking for some info re. dublin history i’m trying to find out about a great grandfather of my wife Liz who was alderman patrick william corrigan (of the Corrigan undertaking firm). It is actually his son william who i’m mostly researching as he was in the south union in 1916 and my wife’s grandad. Interesting info that i’m finding out through the militaryarchives.ie but i cant seem to find out too much about the father. (he was bad mouthed by James Connolly along with two other dublin councillors as a tenament landlord). can anyone point me in the right direction re. alderman corrigan who was on dublin council around 1910 – 1920, thanks ollie in waterford.
Ollie, we approved your comment and hopefully someone who can help will see it and get in touch! We’ve become a sort of bulletin board for these family history stories- often with successful results. Fascinating stuff and I hope you get info! D.
Congratulations from a debutant on your blog, which is an boundless source of information and justifiably popular. Once I find out how to do so, will add to my own list of favourites.
The Irish Aesthete
Rather pleased I stumbled upon your blog. I think I’ll be calling around often enough! I’m a blow-in who loves walking the streets with a camera as well… and, don’t forget the canals and their heritage! I won’t mind if you lads need a photo or two… 😉
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Donal need to talk Please call me on
0862568656
Regards
Mick
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Hi Donal , wanted to contact you after ” late late show” on Fri night, have secondary school kids, very removed from what they think constitutes history.
It’s far down the list on sec school subjects at the moment, wondering if you d consider a visit to a school in Kerry?
Just hoping?
Kind regards
Marie O Connor
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A chara,
I have written a book on the history of the Provisional IRA in the Republic of Ireland during the 1970s, which has been accepted for publication. I am interested in getting permission to reuse an image from the funeral of Tom Smith from this post:
https://comeheretome.com/2014/02/26/incidents-in-dublin-during-the-troubles-1969-1994/
The copyright permissions cite the late Shane MacThomais. Could you please tell me who I might contact to obtain the permissions now?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Is mise,
Gearóid
I wanted to follow-up on the above question – are there individual email addresses for the blog writers?
All listed at the top of this page.
mrs herring was burned at the stake at Tyburn not stephens green though another woman was burned at the Green for coining (high treason) and yet another at Kilmainham for arson
Donall would you have any info on an old pub O Meara s on Parkgate street .
There was a Dan O Meara there who tragically died in the Liffey way back and a Tom o meara .. some of the men were on the board of Guinness as they sold their bottling service to them . It’s been sold since the 70s I think
.. my email is
maria.omeara1951@icloud.com thank you
Read the top of the website from three months — December 2019 — so is this the end of CHTM? Not clear to me.