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April 21, 2011 by Sam

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.

April 21, 2011 by Donal

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.

April 20, 2011 by Donal

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!

April 20, 2011 by Ciarán

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)

April 19, 2011 by Donal

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….

April 19, 2011 by Donal

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

April 19, 2011 by Sam

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….

April 19, 2011 by Donal

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

April 19, 2011 by Sam

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)

April 18, 2011 by Donal

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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In your own time Mannix.

April 18, 2011 by Donal

Temple Bar earlier on today.

Following a general election, a party/candidate must remove posters within a seven day period. After that date, an on-the-spot fine of €150 is issued by your local authority in respect of each offence. Your local authority will remove the poster as the fine is issued. If a party/candidate has been issued with a fine and refuses to pay, they can be prosecuted in the District Court by your local authority to enforce payment.

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Keep your head on.

April 18, 2011 by Donal

Credit to ‘Sean Ryan’ on vimeo, who uploaded the video.

There was considerable controversy when eirigi announced their intention to behead an effigy of the Queen at the General Post Office. The above is a video of the event.

The guillotine has been chosen to make a very serious political point. It is closely associated with the French revolution, when the people of that country threw off the chains of monarchy in favour of freedom and republicanism based on equality, liberty and fraternity. And that was over two hundred years ago.”

“Yet two centuries later our people are still expected to bend the knee to a woman who was born into her role as head of the British state and commander-in-chief of the British military – a state and a military which continue to occupy the Six Counties.”

“The mock guillotining of Elizabeth Windsor symbolises that which needs to happen to all of those political and economic systems which are based upon inherited privilege, imperialism and class. The time of monarchy, imperialism and exploitation is well and truly past. Nothing makes that point quite as clearly as the guillotine.”

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