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The War of Independence:’Four glorious years’ or squalid sectarian conflict?’

Posted in Events on January 9, 2012| 13 Comments »

Sean Keating's 'The Men Of The South' (1921)

Well, this has potential to be quite the debate. The latest Hedge School from History Ireland takes place this Wednesday at the National Library, it’s likely to fill-up and places are first come first served. Here on the site you can find audio from previous Hedge Schools, on topics such as Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf and also a previous Hedge School in the National Library at which I spoke around the Animal Gang.

We’re now into the ‘decade of centenaries’ of course, but just what we’re commemorating is going to be the subject of great debate. It’s a debate we should all involve ourselves in.

History Ireland Hedge School in association with The National Library, Kildare St., Dublin @Wednesday 11 January 2012, 7pm

The War of Independence: ‘four glorous years’ or squalid sectarian conflict? Was historic objectivity the real victim?

The War of Independence 1918-1921 will be commemorated later this decade. Was it ‘Four Glorious Years’, as one protagonist called it (Frank Gallagher, the deputy director of the first Dáil’s Department of Publicity). Or was it a sectarian conflict darkened by ethnic cleansing, as historian Peter Hart has asserted (The IRA and its Enemies. 1998)?

Speakers: Historians John M. Regan (University of Dundee), David Fitzpatrick (TCD), Eve Morrison (TCD) and John Borgonovo (UCC).

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A series of talks and tours to mark 90 years of Irish rule at Dublin Castle.

Posted in Dublin History, Events on January 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

Women show their loyalties, Dublin 1922.

Michael Staines, of the Irish Volunteers, was Quartermaster General within the General Post Office during Easter Week 1916. He was the son of an RIC man, sent to Frongoch for his part in the rebellion where he became ‘Camp Leader’. In 1922, only six years on from the insurrection, he would be leading the Civic Guards through the gates of Dublin Castle, once more playing a leading role in Irish history.

For 700 years, prior to Staines and his men marching into that complex, Dublin Castle had meant one thing and one thing only, representing the fortified home of English (and later British) rule in Ireland. Standing in its courtyard today Justice gazes down on you, the work of John van Nost the Younger dating to 1753 and facing not towards the people of Dublin but away from them. She comes complete with drainage holes in her scales, to keep them from tipping unevenly. One couldn’t make it up. Does any statue say so much?

Notice the holes in the scales of Justice.

To mark the 90th anniversary of the handover of Dublin Castle, a series of public tours and talks have been organised. Details on how to attend are below. Some of these events will give visitors a different experience to the normal Dublin Castle tour. I’ll be attending several of the events, and am especially looking forward to Dr. Shane Kenna’s lecture ‘The Secret Service in Dublin Castle’.

Monday 16 January 2012; Anniversary of Handover 18.15
The Last Years of British Rule in Dublin Castle
Tour with Aisling Gaffney

Sunday 22 January 2012 12.00
What do national and foreign dignitaries miss on their visit to Dubiln Castle? Join Liz McCay for a quirky tour of her choice of art works from the historic collection, including behind the scenes access.

Tuesday 24 January 2012 18.15

Bedford Hall

‘The Secret Service in Dublin Castle’:
Lecture on a permanent secret service department established at the Castle after the Phownix Park assassinations in May 1882.

By historian Dr Shane Kenna.

Sunday 29 January 2012 11.00
‘A Piece of Make-do and Mend’:
An architectural tour with William Derham.

Limited places available by booking only.
Please email jenny.papassotiriou@opw.ie or dublincastle@opw.ie
or Tel: 01 645 8812

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BP Fallon with The Hot Sprockets with Johnny Moy DJ Set (Tues Dec 20)

Posted in Events on December 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

(c) Maser

The enduring BP Fallon, rhythm rockers The Hot Sprockets and legendary Dublin DJ Johnny Moy team up for a night of music entertainment next Tuesday (Dec 20) in The Workman’s Club. More info here.

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Soul,Ska,Reggae,Dancehall and more this Saturday.

Posted in Events on December 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I’m excited for this one. Saturday night in the Dark Horse Inn sees sweet ska and reggae sounds return to the venue for the second week in a row, thanks once more to Poster Fish Promotions. This time it’s myself from 10pm, followed by Cian Finn of intinn.Of course intinn enjoy a great following in the city, and fans have a change to catch Cian at the Central Bank at 5pm for a freebie gig prior to this night.

Personally, as ever, I’ll be sticking to soul, R&B and whatever takes my fancy to get things warmed up.

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Punky Reggae Vol. 10 (Feat. Ferdia Mac Anna & Traycee Oi! Town) – This Saturday

Posted in Events, Music on December 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This Saturday sees the tenth installment of the Punky Reggae Party club nigt in Dublin. We’ll be taking over the the The Dark Horse Inn George’s Quay for a sizzling selection of rudeboy reggae, stompin’ soul and premium punk rock.

The last time our guest DJ Ferdia was behind the decks was the TCD Ball 31 years ago! Legendary singer with one-gig-wonder Johnny Jurex & The Punk Pistols (1976), original punks Rocky de Valera and The Rhythm Kings (1977-79) and respected roots rockers The Rhythm Kings (1980 – 83), MacAnna has been a leading name in Dublin’s punk, new wave and rock music scene for well over three decades. Also a novelist, playwright and television producer MacAnna’s 1991 coming-of-age novel The Last Of The High Kings was made into a was made into a Hollywood movie starring Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea and Christina Ricci in 1996.

Our second guest DJ is the ever enduring Traycee who has been a stalwart DJ on the international ska & reggae scene for over 20+ years. Traycee, whose 7inch collection is absolutely legendary, was previously behind the “A Trip To Oi! Town” zine and Knockin’ Boots Promotions which brought over such legendary punk acts as Demob and ska legends as Symarip. Traycee brought the house down last time she played a Punky Reggae Party back in February 2010.

Poster put together by the fab Claire Davey.

For more info, check out the Facebook event here.

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‘Wells for Zoë’ fundraiser – Whelans, 6 Decemeber

Posted in Events, Music on November 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Plugging a decent gig, for a good cause, being organised by an old friend. It’s only a fiver in to hear four great, hardworking Dublin bands – stall it.

D.I.T. ‘Wells for Zoë’ present…

Morning Hush
“Dublin based four piece with a penchant for melodic hooks, catchy tunes and heavy pop music.”

Morning Hush @ Workman's Club. 9 Nov 2011. Photo - Jen.

The Blades Club
“Catchy garage rock … healthy mix of glaring guitars and shaking bass backed by speedy percussion and distinguished vocals”

The Blades Club @ King Kong Club, Pravda. 2010. Photo - Betty D.

My Mind Races
“Four piece instrumental band … together since June 2008”

My Mind Races @ Crawdaddy. April 9 2010. Photo - Ciaran McGowan

Trap Door (formerly Triple Drop)
“A dangerous energy, from where The Clash, The Specials and The Pogues left off, mixed with pumping back beats and dirty bass lines a la Soulwax and LCD Soundsystem”

Triple Drop @ The Mercantile. April 25 2011. Photo - Unknown.

Upstairs, Whelans (25 Wexford St.)
Doors, 8pm
Tickets, €5

All proceeds go to Wells for Zoë; an Irish sustainable development organization helping communities in Malawi accessing clean drinking water and nurturing organic agriculture and education.

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‘One For The Road’

Posted in Events, Music on November 22, 2011| 1 Comment »

Absolutely brilliant news, in that sadly-missed Dublin institution Road Records is the star of a new upcoming documentary, titled ‘One For The Road’. Opening in 1997, Road lasted an impressive 13 years championing that most beautiful of musical format, the vinyl record. It was an early victim of the crash, and many great independent music shops have sadly followed.

As I posted on here before at the time when the shop closed its doors for good, many of my favourite records in my collection were purchased there. ‘Everything Flows’ from Teenage Fanclub was the last song to get an airing in the shop. Everything does indeed flow, and thankfully it’s another shop with an appreciation for vinyl that occupies the space now with the lads from R.A.G.E at home there.

Mark O’Toole has directed ‘One For The Road’, a tribute to Road, and it will be shown in Whelan’s on December 4th. I look forward to attending. The trailer is below.

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Two great gigs this Saturday

Posted in Events on November 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

While the CHTM!  team will be enjoying a short break in Hamburg this weekend, we suggest you hit these two gigs on Saturday if you can.

Firstly, a fantastic evening of acoustic punk and folk in The Cobblestone.

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As far as I know, he last played here in 1979!

07/09/1979

Followed by a sensational night of electronic music (and punk bands) all for a great cause.

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ADW at The Bernard Shaw

Posted in Events on November 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A lot of you missed ADW’s recent show no doubt, entitled Pricks And Mortar it ran for just a single weekend at South Studios.

Thankfully, he’s taking his new works to The Bernard Shaw from November 24th until December 4th, meaning anyone who has missed out can see some of the new work. My two favourite pieces from the latest show are below. We’ll be in attendance, you’d spot us a mile off.

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Bik McFarlane and Damien Dempsey, Cassidy’s

Posted in Events, Music, Photography, Pubs, Reviews, Uncategorized on November 11, 2011| 3 Comments »

Reviews a week after a gig don’t generally make sense so I’m sorry. My excuse here is that a gig it took me two days to get over and then a further three days to get my act together and get the pictures up online whilst struggling to get coherent words together to get out into the blogosphere MUST have been good. That, and the fact that I haven’t written a review or well… anything on here in ages. (Again, my apologies.)

The legend that is Bik McFarlane

Probably Dublin’s worst kept secret started doing the rounds last week after it was announced  Brendan “Bik” McFarlane was to play his first gig in Dublin. The secret being that Damien Dempsey was to share the stage with him in a fundraiser for the Preda foundation, an organisation whose purpose is the ” promotion and protection of the dignity and the Human Rights of the Filipino people, especially of women and children.” Initially to be held out in the Setanta Club in Ballymun, due to circumstances  beyond the organisers control it was moved to Cassidy’s on Westmoreland Street in what I think may have been the first gig downstairs since its recent re-opening. DFallon has spoken of Cassidy’s highly on here before and I love the place so much its starting to vie with Brogan’s for my local, and thats saying something.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamo

And what a night it turned out to be. There was nobody stealing the limelight at this gig, both of the lads more than willing to chat to the seventy or so people who paid in, mingling with the crowd and sharing the mic. There was definitely no headliner and no support, each of the lads equally supporting the other – Bik got up, then Damo, then Bik, the two of them, Damo again before it became a bit of a free for all. Cassidy’s was the perfect venue for the gig; no stage, no queue for the bar and an appreciative audience.

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Dublin Martimine Morning (Sat Nov 12)

Posted in Events on November 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »

On Saturday November 12th the Old Dublin Society, in partnership with the Dublin City Library and Archive, will hold a Dublin Maritime Morning in the Conference Room of the Dublin City Library and Archive, 138 – 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, at which 3 lectures will be presented. All welcome – admission free.

10am   ‘Dublin Port – Past and Present’  – Niall Dardis

11am     The Blood Red Badge: Dublin Dockers, Seamen and their Unionisation’ – Francis Devine

12pm    ‘Liffey Ships’ – Pat Sweeney.

Dublin dockers c1930. (Picture - badger)

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Top Cat in town

Posted in Events on November 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Top Cat. (Picture: renegaderadio.co.uk)

Big booking from The Dirty Dubsters!

Top Cat, legendary UK reggae and jungle MC, is hitting Twisted Pepper this week. Pop down Thursday for a ‘How to MC’ seminar and Friday to see the man himself in action.

Thursday, Nov 10:

”How to MC” Seminar in the Loft Room of the Twisted Pepper. Where he will be explaining the tips, techniques, skills and theory behind the art of the Microphone Controller. Entrance is a mere 5euro and Top Cat’s critically acclaimed book ”How To MC” will be on sale after the lecture has finished (15Euro).

Friday, Nov 10:

Top Cat (Congo Natty/9 Lives), The Dirty Dubsters (Irish Moss Records), Rankin Rez (Worries Outernational) and MC Kwasi. Adm: €12.00/€10.00 (Members/Students)  or only a fiver if you write ‘Irish Moss Records’ on Facebook page.

Poster

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