Best up-and-coming Irish bands to add to your St Patrick’s Day playlist When you think of Irish bands, you might think of that one U2 album that ended up on everyone’s Apple Music in 2016. While I was one of the few people who welcomed that album, I’m pleased to say the tides are turning, […]

...Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry... W.H. Auden

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Updated: 9th December 2023 Shane MacGowan’s family and friends held a “monster hooley” at his funeral in County Tipperary on Friday, 8th December – dancing to Fairytale of New York. Hundreds of people gathered inside and outside the church in Nenagh to say their farewells to the songwriter, who died last week aged 65. Nick […]

Many years ago I traveled with my best friend to Dublin to see the Pogues play their Christmas show at The Point. We dossed at The Morrison Hotel on the River Liffey, and the night we had there began and ended with a long session with the man Himself. We found ourselves at the lobby […]

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