During the week I was reflecting on Vicar Street last Monday night. I got to thinking what was the best gig I was at. Originally the Sunday my brother brought me to The Meeting Place was where I was hit by Christy’s music. I don’t think I was even a teenager. That held my best gig till the sell out tour in The Point. The NAMA Building was brilliant. Then for a good while all gigs were held special maybe not for Christy but certainly for me. I was thriving ever gig. Then for me The City North Hotel was the one. It was my first that felt like just sitting in a room being entertained. 2019 my daughter 4 days after giving birth suffered a massive stroke. Not much hope for her. When she lay in a come I sang 3 songs to her You are my Sunshine, Ordinary Man and Don’t Forget Your Shovel. 5 years on and we have been to Vicker Street twice and NCH once to see Christy and now last Monday holds the best gig title. From the get go it was pure Christy and song after song I thought this fella can’t be nearly 80 years of age. Thank you Christy and as long as you keep playing we’ll keep turning up. Love from Dave and Lisa.
Christy's reply
I love when The Meeting Place is referenced here…..so much music emanated from that small room for at least a decade…..it held 140 at a severe cram….Paddy Spillane came to visit with my brother-in-law Cid circa 1973 ish….he asked would I consider starting a gig..we agreed to try a monday night….it was well received so we added a second night on saturdays and began inviting guests..back then I was playing with Kevin Burke, Jimmy Faulkner and Declan McNelis…twas there I first encountered Wally Page with The Tara Band, Jimmy MacCarthy with Southpaw ( Declan Sinnott too )…..other residencies followed on…Red Peter’s took over the Sunday slot….Declan Sinnott had the Thursdays, my Sister Eilish ran a club there too..it was hosted mt the Spillane Brothers Paddy, Sean ( The Badger) and Shay ( Skinnier)….I hosted a Festival there in the mid 70’s…..Planxty, The Bothy band, Clannad, De Danann, Rob Strong, Red Peter’s, Tara Band all played there that memorable week…How I wish I’d saved a poster, but memorabilia and ephemera mattered not in those heady days… I recall the Garda raiding a Good Friday lock in….the music all happened upstairs ..downstairs was a different world but the two worlds often mingled (mount) joyfully
Thanks for the offer Rebeccah but got it sorted. Transfered it on to the old reel to reel and uploaded it to the post office! Not easy being analogue in a digital world:-)
Christy! Couldn’t agree more about that sleeveen Lowry, it’s bamboozling how our “leaders” are jumping into the sack with him, and how he’s returned continuously!
Happy Burns night to our Scottish brethren ’round here!
Hi Christy,
I finally had to sign up to the guestbook (despite a lifelong allergy to all things technological) to say somewhat belatedly how amazing the last Vicar Street gig was (But not the last, last one, I hope). They’re always good, and I love them, but I thought that one was truly special. I felt swept away by the music and the songs, and by your deep communication with your audience.
A lovely mix of songs, too. Great to hear ‘The Contender’ again and I always look forward to the ‘January Man’ appearing, once the Christmas decorations are all packed away for another year.
Enjoy your well-earned break over the next couple of weeks. I look forward to seeing you again in February.
Angela
Christy's reply
Thank You Angela….Yes, the last Vicar St gig rolled out really well…I tripped up slightly towards the end but the audience were generous enough to help me back to my feet…a few have enquired about the set….
Chicago
Quinte
Black & Amber
Deluge
Contender
Lingo Politico
Tyrone Boys
Boy in The Wild
16 Jolly Ravers
Smoke and Strong Whiskey
January Man
Palestine
How Long
Honda 50
Stardust
Cumann na Mná
McIlhatton
Time has Come
Delerium Tremens
Big Marquee
Faithfull Departed
Voyage
Ride on
Joxer
Spancilhill
Nancy Spain
Amsterdam
Snowflakes
Lisdoonvarna
Cliffs of Dooneen
Beeswing
Irish Pagan Ritual (Sail On Jimmy)
32 songs in 2 hours and 12 minutes…wonderful audience…afterwards I met with Albert Niland who wrote the last song of the night…always great to hook up with the songwriters…Albert sent that song to me from San Francisco, ..he has since returned to the Auld Sod…he has promised to send me some new tunes when he has his house built…
Thank you for your ongoing support and feedback…..Himself always remembered
Christy hi
I have been listening to the Free State podcast that you mentioned.
The only time i had listened before was when you were interviewed .
Their range of discussions is fascinating , and the Trump stuff, and irish corruption in various other of their series is intriguing , and Joe Brolly has some knowledge even if much of his chat brings it back to himself.
I have not really been a podcast listener before but cheers for the pointer.
Heading back into my current read ‘Shooting Crows’ recommended by a mutual friend, before heading out to muck out the horses.
Rory
Gipp…spot on about the snug,Christy describes…a hellish drinking den for sure…just as I’m trying to blank the images of smug face Far*ge swilling pints of ale…
I was lucky yesterday,only a short tram ride to meet up with Fred,my music companero…we meet regularly,but yesterday was the first time playing music since we both hit our 70s.
Interesting that you reference humour in Planxty playing…shared humour has always been key for us. There yesterday,via a few bum notes and fluffed vocals…but,overall it sounded like we wanted and so good when the notes spin off the frets.
‘January Man’ and ‘Beeswing ‘will be familiar here and were great to play…Paul Simon’s songs always have a special place…’America ‘for our lost comrade,John who made the film of us playing in Scotland.Last,but not least,from 20 plus songs’,Girl from the North Country’…surely,one of Dylan’s finest…
After we parted company,I got the bus into town…a route that I did so often in my teens/also,memory jogging for you,Didsbury,Withington,Rusholme…a memory at each stop. Music,a thread running along Wilmslow Road…storm easing,sun shining. Above all,music keeping spirits high…
Anne…thanks for great travel and music updates.Always interesting reads.
That’s some snug you paint there Christy! You can just imagine the conversation revolving around the five tourists asking the leprechaun where he buried the crock of gold!
You mentioned a few pages back about the harmony on “Yarmouth Town” with Liam Óg sometimes joining in. I just recieved a video from me Drogheda contacts with Andy and Donal very recently singing “Bonny Light Horseman in an unannounced gig in St Peters Church with the local choir! The two lads sound in fine fettle. (No idea how to upload it) Was always one of my favourite Planxty songs, the harmony on the original is unreal and always difficult to tell who’s who! Correct me If I’m wrong Christy wasn’t that recorded on the “After the Break” sessions but subsequently released on “The High Kings of Tara” Tara label and then added to the CD release of “After the Break”? Sorry, the main question being, did Liam Óg sing on that recording? The Voice Squad would have been proud of it!
Christy's reply
Liam Óg sang his part on Bonny. I’ve no idea what was on the “High King” release.
We recorded Bonny Light Horseman in Windmaill Lane in 1978..My abiding memory from that recording: paroxysms of laughter that evolved as we sought to get the 4 voices down together…. Brian Masterson who engineered that session let the tape roll…we kept cracking up into uncontrolable laughter…( something that often happened in earlier Planxty days )…..that tape existed for a while but then disappeared..I’d love to hear it again…
certain Planxty recordings disappeared…
some great gigs in Edinburgh in 1974/5 were recorded…sadly we have never been given access to them…
I’d love to hear that recent recording of Andy & Donal
I hope you, your family and all Guestbook members and their families are safe and well after the storm.
Thank you for the information about Mick Curry’s other songs. I will see if I can find any recordings.
We have been having a good week going to various events. We were in the audience for an interesting RTÉ Arena Live broadcast from Dublin Castle on Tuesday night, with great sets from 353 Samba Club, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Sharyn Ward and Kíla. Then the Stephen Rea poetry themed event at The Lark on Weds, with Stephen, Paul Muldoon, Emily Cullen and FeliSpeaks, and last night Stephen Rea discussing his life and career with Sinéad Cusack. He told us how, when they were making Angel, Keith Donald taught him to convincingly mime playing the saxophone, so that he could mime to Keith playing his own compositions.
Unfortunately, the red storm warning meant that two TradFest events we were looking forward to today had to be cancelled – Louise Mulcahy at Dublin Castle at lunchtime and Emma Langford at Malahide Castle in the evening. However, as compensation TradFest have kindly given us guest passes for the Kíla gig at the National Stadium this evening. We very much enjoyed their set at the RTÉ Arena recording.
On Wednesday I finally made it to Poolbeg Lighthouse, a lovely, peaceful walk from Sandymount Strand, around Dublin Bay and then along the South Wall. Although my knees and feet have been complaining since!
Yesterday I went along to the Dáil intending to show my support for Martin Leahy’s protest, but it was all closed off and the Guardai wouldn’t let me through, so I stood, watched and waved from about fifty feet away. The Guardai were very friendly, and a guard in Kildare Street helpfully told me the route round the block to find Martin despite the closure barriers. I took a photo of the protest and tweeted it in reply to Martin, who kindly thanked me.
So tonight it’s Kíla, then tomorrow what looks to be a great gig in celebration of Stephen Rea at The Lark.
All the best,
Anne
Christy's reply
I had trouble myself yesterday..I was due into the Irish Trad Music Archive in Merrion Square but the whole feckin area was cordoned off…..”I love politicians”
The good people on the Western coast got the worst of the storm by far….the red alert required in Dublin was in Leinster House where our new government paid the price of getting into bed with a crooked gombeen latchicoe….its hard to comprehend how the people of his constituency continue to elect him…..the UK has Boris..the USA has Trump and we have Michael Lowry…”I love politicians”
Thank you sir. I’m surprised Sail on Jimmy isn’t a regular like the other 2. That song made me tear up. Beautiful.
Christy's reply
songs come and go in the set…old songs re-emerge to resound side by side with new songs…Sail On Jimmy (aka Irish Pagan Ritual) was a constant a few years back and may very well become so again…lets see whats gonna happen, lest see what the cat brings in….if you make it to a gig let me know you’re coming and I’ll make sure that Jimmy sails
Christy hi
Yesterday i was listening to David Keenan’s ‘love in a snug’ by coincidence….it contains the young man’s inimitable array of wonderful lyrics including these
“With my face stung with drink, i am longing for my rest, Tuesday morning is dawning , i’m still standing in my Sunday best”.
I gave my darling grandson the nickname ‘Snug’ when he was born 2 years ago, Connall is his Sunday name.
So the snug has a special place for me, but none of that rag-tag right wing dog whistling lot you mentioned are allowed in my local snug .
Rory
Hi again Mr. Moore. I’m hoping to make a trip to Ireland, probably early Fall or late summer) with my wife and kids (so excited!). Attending one of your concerts is on my bucket lists. My grandfather was a John Power and he always told me Waterford is where his family is from. A couple questions if you could? (and thank you so much for always responding to most posts from your fans, that’s amazing.)
1) I notice your gigs all seem to be quite full so I’ll have to book ASAP. Will your newsletters share that new dates are available or do we have to keep looking at this site? I’d probably book my trip around seeing you as I think we will be keeping close to Dublin/Waterford and the Eastern side of the country.
2) How often do you play Beeswing, Sail on Jimmy and Ordinary Man?
Thank you, your music is so awesome.
Christy's reply
Sets vary a lot ..just completed 12 nights in Dublin ( one a week for 12 weeks ) played Beeswing 12 times, Ord Man 11 times and Sail On Jimmy 3 times….77 songs over the run
nothing firmed up yet for later in the year….
keep an eye on site, watch out for newsletter, we do our best to facilitate long haul listeners, keep in touch
I was saddened to hear that we have just lost Michael Longley. He was quite the bard. Not a word wasted.
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Hello Christy,
Not sure about snugs that are completely enclosed, but we have plenty of old higgledy piggledy pubs with little stairs, dark wooden corners and nooks and crannies.
We also have some new pubs with a monstrous lack of character and lots of open space. They feel weird.
Rebecca
Christy's reply
There is a Wetherspoons in Dun Laogaire..it may be the biggest pub in Ireland..in Tim Martin’s snug:Musk,Trump,Zuckerberg,Bezos
Nidge Farage & Con McGregor,
Yep,still a few ‘snugs’ knocking about…very likely in some old pubs ..John Willie Lees brewery still going too!
Fairport on the road again…marking 55 years since ‘Full House’ was released…and the band has the original rhythm section (Nicol,Peggy and Mattacks)which is remarkable…I’ve had the pleasure of a few post gig chats with the guys over decades. A fine bunch of companeros. After the fatalities and injuries of the 1969 M1 van crash,it still amazes and impresses me that Simon Nicol loves the band and tours so much…good on em.
Keep safe all
Dave
Christy's reply
I heard them in Free Trade Hall late 60s/early 70s…knocked me sideways…seed sown that inspired the idea of Moving Hearts….early Fairport led the way, many sought to follow in their wake
During the week I was reflecting on Vicar Street last Monday night. I got to thinking what was the best gig I was at. Originally the Sunday my brother brought me to The Meeting Place was where I was hit by Christy’s music. I don’t think I was even a teenager. That held my best gig till the sell out tour in The Point. The NAMA Building was brilliant. Then for a good while all gigs were held special maybe not for Christy but certainly for me. I was thriving ever gig. Then for me The City North Hotel was the one. It was my first that felt like just sitting in a room being entertained. 2019 my daughter 4 days after giving birth suffered a massive stroke. Not much hope for her. When she lay in a come I sang 3 songs to her You are my Sunshine, Ordinary Man and Don’t Forget Your Shovel. 5 years on and we have been to Vicker Street twice and NCH once to see Christy and now last Monday holds the best gig title. From the get go it was pure Christy and song after song I thought this fella can’t be nearly 80 years of age. Thank you Christy and as long as you keep playing we’ll keep turning up. Love from Dave and Lisa.
I love when The Meeting Place is referenced here…..so much music emanated from that small room for at least a decade…..it held 140 at a severe cram….Paddy Spillane came to visit with my brother-in-law Cid circa 1973 ish….he asked would I consider starting a gig..we agreed to try a monday night….it was well received so we added a second night on saturdays and began inviting guests..back then I was playing with Kevin Burke, Jimmy Faulkner and Declan McNelis…twas there I first encountered Wally Page with The Tara Band, Jimmy MacCarthy with Southpaw ( Declan Sinnott too )…..other residencies followed on…Red Peter’s took over the Sunday slot….Declan Sinnott had the Thursdays, my Sister Eilish ran a club there too..it was hosted mt the Spillane Brothers Paddy, Sean ( The Badger) and Shay ( Skinnier)….I hosted a Festival there in the mid 70’s…..Planxty, The Bothy band, Clannad, De Danann, Rob Strong, Red Peter’s, Tara Band all played there that memorable week…How I wish I’d saved a poster, but memorabilia and ephemera mattered not in those heady days… I recall the Garda raiding a Good Friday lock in….the music all happened upstairs ..downstairs was a different world but the two worlds often mingled (mount) joyfully
Cheers Gipp,
out comes the veggie haggis and a neat ‘lower east side’….and Tam O’Shanter.
regards from Scotland
I trust that ye honoured Robbie with great love, affection and gusto…
Thanks for the offer Rebeccah but got it sorted. Transfered it on to the old reel to reel and uploaded it to the post office! Not easy being analogue in a digital world:-)
Christy! Couldn’t agree more about that sleeveen Lowry, it’s bamboozling how our “leaders” are jumping into the sack with him, and how he’s returned continuously!
Happy Burns night to our Scottish brethren ’round here!
sound Gipp
Hi Christy,
I finally had to sign up to the guestbook (despite a lifelong allergy to all things technological) to say somewhat belatedly how amazing the last Vicar Street gig was (But not the last, last one, I hope). They’re always good, and I love them, but I thought that one was truly special. I felt swept away by the music and the songs, and by your deep communication with your audience.
A lovely mix of songs, too. Great to hear ‘The Contender’ again and I always look forward to the ‘January Man’ appearing, once the Christmas decorations are all packed away for another year.
Enjoy your well-earned break over the next couple of weeks. I look forward to seeing you again in February.
Angela
Thank You Angela….Yes, the last Vicar St gig rolled out really well…I tripped up slightly towards the end but the audience were generous enough to help me back to my feet…a few have enquired about the set….
Chicago
Quinte
Black & Amber
Deluge
Contender
Lingo Politico
Tyrone Boys
Boy in The Wild
16 Jolly Ravers
Smoke and Strong Whiskey
January Man
Palestine
How Long
Honda 50
Stardust
Cumann na Mná
McIlhatton
Time has Come
Delerium Tremens
Big Marquee
Faithfull Departed
Voyage
Ride on
Joxer
Spancilhill
Nancy Spain
Amsterdam
Snowflakes
Lisdoonvarna
Cliffs of Dooneen
Beeswing
Irish Pagan Ritual (Sail On Jimmy)
32 songs in 2 hours and 12 minutes…wonderful audience…afterwards I met with Albert Niland who wrote the last song of the night…always great to hook up with the songwriters…Albert sent that song to me from San Francisco, ..he has since returned to the Auld Sod…he has promised to send me some new tunes when he has his house built…
Thank you for your ongoing support and feedback…..Himself always remembered
Hi Christy
Song for today…’Deportees’ by Woody Guthrie…’gets me’ every time…
Dave
Me too…..
Christy hi
I have been listening to the Free State podcast that you mentioned.
The only time i had listened before was when you were interviewed .
Their range of discussions is fascinating , and the Trump stuff, and irish corruption in various other of their series is intriguing , and Joe Brolly has some knowledge even if much of his chat brings it back to himself.
I have not really been a podcast listener before but cheers for the pointer.
Heading back into my current read ‘Shooting Crows’ recommended by a mutual friend, before heading out to muck out the horses.
Rory
Gipp…spot on about the snug,Christy describes…a hellish drinking den for sure…just as I’m trying to blank the images of smug face Far*ge swilling pints of ale…
Time for tea and Woody Guthrie…D
Hi Christy
I hope all is ok for all after the storm…
I was lucky yesterday,only a short tram ride to meet up with Fred,my music companero…we meet regularly,but yesterday was the first time playing music since we both hit our 70s.
Interesting that you reference humour in Planxty playing…shared humour has always been key for us. There yesterday,via a few bum notes and fluffed vocals…but,overall it sounded like we wanted and so good when the notes spin off the frets.
‘January Man’ and ‘Beeswing ‘will be familiar here and were great to play…Paul Simon’s songs always have a special place…’America ‘for our lost comrade,John who made the film of us playing in Scotland.Last,but not least,from 20 plus songs’,Girl from the North Country’…surely,one of Dylan’s finest…
After we parted company,I got the bus into town…a route that I did so often in my teens/also,memory jogging for you,Didsbury,Withington,Rusholme…a memory at each stop. Music,a thread running along Wilmslow Road…storm easing,sun shining. Above all,music keeping spirits high…
Anne…thanks for great travel and music updates.Always interesting reads.
Have a good day,all
Dave
Hello Gipp,
If you want some help with the video upload and are happy to send it to me, I’ll do my to help.
Rebecca
That’s some snug you paint there Christy! You can just imagine the conversation revolving around the five tourists asking the leprechaun where he buried the crock of gold!
You mentioned a few pages back about the harmony on “Yarmouth Town” with Liam Óg sometimes joining in. I just recieved a video from me Drogheda contacts with Andy and Donal very recently singing “Bonny Light Horseman in an unannounced gig in St Peters Church with the local choir! The two lads sound in fine fettle. (No idea how to upload it) Was always one of my favourite Planxty songs, the harmony on the original is unreal and always difficult to tell who’s who! Correct me If I’m wrong Christy wasn’t that recorded on the “After the Break” sessions but subsequently released on “The High Kings of Tara” Tara label and then added to the CD release of “After the Break”? Sorry, the main question being, did Liam Óg sing on that recording? The Voice Squad would have been proud of it!
Liam Óg sang his part on Bonny. I’ve no idea what was on the “High King” release.
We recorded Bonny Light Horseman in Windmaill Lane in 1978..My abiding memory from that recording: paroxysms of laughter that evolved as we sought to get the 4 voices down together…. Brian Masterson who engineered that session let the tape roll…we kept cracking up into uncontrolable laughter…( something that often happened in earlier Planxty days )…..that tape existed for a while but then disappeared..I’d love to hear it again…
certain Planxty recordings disappeared…
some great gigs in Edinburgh in 1974/5 were recorded…sadly we have never been given access to them…
I’d love to hear that recent recording of Andy & Donal
Hi Christy,
I hope you, your family and all Guestbook members and their families are safe and well after the storm.
Thank you for the information about Mick Curry’s other songs. I will see if I can find any recordings.
We have been having a good week going to various events. We were in the audience for an interesting RTÉ Arena Live broadcast from Dublin Castle on Tuesday night, with great sets from 353 Samba Club, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Sharyn Ward and Kíla. Then the Stephen Rea poetry themed event at The Lark on Weds, with Stephen, Paul Muldoon, Emily Cullen and FeliSpeaks, and last night Stephen Rea discussing his life and career with Sinéad Cusack. He told us how, when they were making Angel, Keith Donald taught him to convincingly mime playing the saxophone, so that he could mime to Keith playing his own compositions.
Unfortunately, the red storm warning meant that two TradFest events we were looking forward to today had to be cancelled – Louise Mulcahy at Dublin Castle at lunchtime and Emma Langford at Malahide Castle in the evening. However, as compensation TradFest have kindly given us guest passes for the Kíla gig at the National Stadium this evening. We very much enjoyed their set at the RTÉ Arena recording.
On Wednesday I finally made it to Poolbeg Lighthouse, a lovely, peaceful walk from Sandymount Strand, around Dublin Bay and then along the South Wall. Although my knees and feet have been complaining since!
Yesterday I went along to the Dáil intending to show my support for Martin Leahy’s protest, but it was all closed off and the Guardai wouldn’t let me through, so I stood, watched and waved from about fifty feet away. The Guardai were very friendly, and a guard in Kildare Street helpfully told me the route round the block to find Martin despite the closure barriers. I took a photo of the protest and tweeted it in reply to Martin, who kindly thanked me.
So tonight it’s Kíla, then tomorrow what looks to be a great gig in celebration of Stephen Rea at The Lark.
All the best,
Anne
I had trouble myself yesterday..I was due into the Irish Trad Music Archive in Merrion Square but the whole feckin area was cordoned off…..”I love politicians”
The good people on the Western coast got the worst of the storm by far….the red alert required in Dublin was in Leinster House where our new government paid the price of getting into bed with a crooked gombeen latchicoe….its hard to comprehend how the people of his constituency continue to elect him…..the UK has Boris..the USA has Trump and we have Michael Lowry…”I love politicians”
Thank you sir. I’m surprised Sail on Jimmy isn’t a regular like the other 2. That song made me tear up. Beautiful.
songs come and go in the set…old songs re-emerge to resound side by side with new songs…Sail On Jimmy (aka Irish Pagan Ritual) was a constant a few years back and may very well become so again…lets see whats gonna happen, lest see what the cat brings in….if you make it to a gig let me know you’re coming and I’ll make sure that Jimmy sails
Christy hi
Yesterday i was listening to David Keenan’s ‘love in a snug’ by coincidence….it contains the young man’s inimitable array of wonderful lyrics including these
“With my face stung with drink, i am longing for my rest, Tuesday morning is dawning , i’m still standing in my Sunday best”.
I gave my darling grandson the nickname ‘Snug’ when he was born 2 years ago, Connall is his Sunday name.
So the snug has a special place for me, but none of that rag-tag right wing dog whistling lot you mentioned are allowed in my local snug .
Rory
sending you good tidings….
Hi again Mr. Moore. I’m hoping to make a trip to Ireland, probably early Fall or late summer) with my wife and kids (so excited!). Attending one of your concerts is on my bucket lists. My grandfather was a John Power and he always told me Waterford is where his family is from. A couple questions if you could? (and thank you so much for always responding to most posts from your fans, that’s amazing.)
1) I notice your gigs all seem to be quite full so I’ll have to book ASAP. Will your newsletters share that new dates are available or do we have to keep looking at this site? I’d probably book my trip around seeing you as I think we will be keeping close to Dublin/Waterford and the Eastern side of the country.
2) How often do you play Beeswing, Sail on Jimmy and Ordinary Man?
Thank you, your music is so awesome.
Sets vary a lot ..just completed 12 nights in Dublin ( one a week for 12 weeks ) played Beeswing 12 times, Ord Man 11 times and Sail On Jimmy 3 times….77 songs over the run
nothing firmed up yet for later in the year….
keep an eye on site, watch out for newsletter, we do our best to facilitate long haul listeners, keep in touch
Sounds more like a sitting duck to me…
My heart goes to all of you living in Ireland who faces the storm. Courage! ❤️
Hello Christy,
Just want to pass my best wishes onto all here and hope you’re all safe in this storm.
Rebecca
I was saddened to hear that we have just lost Michael Longley. He was quite the bard. Not a word wasted.
The Design
Sometimes the quilts were white for weddings, the
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Made up of stitches and the shadows cast by stitches.
And the quilts for funerals? How do you sew the
night?
RIP Michael Longley
Hello Christy,
Not sure about snugs that are completely enclosed, but we have plenty of old higgledy piggledy pubs with little stairs, dark wooden corners and nooks and crannies.
We also have some new pubs with a monstrous lack of character and lots of open space. They feel weird.
Rebecca
There is a Wetherspoons in Dun Laogaire..it may be the biggest pub in Ireland..in Tim Martin’s snug:Musk,Trump,Zuckerberg,Bezos
Nidge Farage & Con McGregor,
Hi Christy
Yep,still a few ‘snugs’ knocking about…very likely in some old pubs ..John Willie Lees brewery still going too!
Fairport on the road again…marking 55 years since ‘Full House’ was released…and the band has the original rhythm section (Nicol,Peggy and Mattacks)which is remarkable…I’ve had the pleasure of a few post gig chats with the guys over decades. A fine bunch of companeros. After the fatalities and injuries of the 1969 M1 van crash,it still amazes and impresses me that Simon Nicol loves the band and tours so much…good on em.
Keep safe all
Dave
I heard them in Free Trade Hall late 60s/early 70s…knocked me sideways…seed sown that inspired the idea of Moving Hearts….early Fairport led the way, many sought to follow in their wake