Seán McKeon's Salamanca. Uilleann pipes tunes - mighty, uplifting music. #vinyl seanmckeon.bandcamp.com/album/salama...

This evening's entertainment @lighthousecinema.bsky.social

Dr Strangely Strange Quirky, fragile songs. Lovely stuff.

Lunchtime visit to a gallery #wednesday @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social

Éigse Terenure – The PoetsCorner, an afternoon of poetry, celebrating the power of verse in some of its many forms. John F Deane, Eileen Gogan , the NurePoets Corner, and Emmet Kirwan. #Sunday

Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Another winner from The Divine Comedy. Silly songs, contemplative songs, epic songs, insanely catchy songs. Brilliant. #vinyl @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social

This afternoon's entertainment @omniplexcinemas.bsky.social

NewDad's Alter is full of catchy, snappy tunes. Fair dues to them for saying its about tough times. They've channelled it in a sophisticated, souped-up version of their earlier work. Rewarding stuff. #vinyl

Double delight- new albums today from NewDad and Divine Comedy. Waiting now for NewDad instore at Spindizzy. @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social @spindizzyrecords.bsky.social

Exuberant, joyous show by The Beths tonight at The Button Factory. However, a highlight was the much more intimate Mother, Pray For Me, from their latest album. Onwards & upwards, so good to see them progressing over the years, from the Grand Social onwards. @thebeths.bsky.social

Tonight's entertainment @thebeths.bsky.social

Tonight's entertainment. Documentary about the Sons Of Southern Ulster. @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social

Seen and Unseen: The National Library’s Photographic Collection William Fagan, Chair of the Photo Museum Ireland, gave a great presentation of the NLI’s photographic collection. #Tuesday @nlireland.bsky.social

Glimpses of Eileen Schaurek , Florence Joyce and May (Mary) Monaghan, sisters of James Joyce, at the opening on 16 June 1962 of the museum in the Martello Tower, Sandycove. From Colm Ó Laoghaire's report, in the IFI archive. @jamesjoycetower.bsky.social ifiarchiveplayer.ie/amharc-eirea...

Carry on Cruising with Elvis Costello, September 2026 Top tier price points already sold out - it looks like steerage will have to do 😩 🛳️♥️🛳️ bottiatsea.com?fbclid=IwdGR...

Joe Meek A Curious Mind The latest release from the Tea Chest Tapes, three discs worth of Joe's obsessions, recorded upstairs from a shop on the Holloway Road. Featuring a huge cast, including Jimmy Page on guitar and Joe himself on screams. #cds @cherryredrecords.bsky.social

Tonight's entertainment @vanmorrison.bsky.social

Julia Kelly's Still is totally enthralling - I read the c.150 pages in two sessions. A memoir centred on her mother's death, it depicts the life & foibles of a family in incredible detail. Very much a product of their environment, 20th century Dublin. 1/2 @newislandbooks.bsky.social

Ron Sexsmith's marvellous new lp, Hangover Terrace. Camelot Towers is particularly magnificent. #vinyl @ronsexsmith.bsky.social

Michael Lindsay-Hogg's first stage production in Ireland, in September 1964. Do You Know The Milky Way? By Karl Wittlinger. Featuring Milo O'Shea, Jim Norton and Caroline Fitzgerald. At The Eblana , Dublin and The Group Theatre, Cork.

The Prefab Four. A nickname to be worn with honour. For Pete's Sake, which used to end the shows when I was watching them in black and white, sounding gloriously colourful on the Late Show buff.ly/Gz7sEmP

Evening all! Friday again! 🥳

Art in the window Awake by Richard O'Neill (1923-2009) Bad News by Patrick Touhy (1894-1930) James Adam & Sons & De Veres, Kildare Street, Dublin

#OTD Them, on tour , on a bill including The Byrds & Donovan, played The Town Hall , Hove on the 12 August 1965 . On the way they stopped for a dip at Ruislip Lido. 📸 Tony Gale

Another gem from the When Will They Ever Learn box set. Cherry The Reddest Of The Red. Up until I had sense, I always associated this song with the failed 'A' side of Maggie May. Now airing on the Late Show buff.ly/VDK0E7i

The Write Stuff at Chapters Bookshop. Steve O'Toole, Tony St Ledger, Sean Walsh & Jane Gorman ( who I regretfully neglected to photograph ) entertained & provoked tonight, with a backdrop of the street theatre on Moore St & Parnell St. Mighty stuff. @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social

George Morrison RIP Mise Éire Seán Ó Riada 1959 (compilation 1979) #vinyl

May 1964 in the Irish Press

Swimming & history. Roger Casement remembered this evening, on the anniversary of his death. #sunday

Superb show tonight in Wexford by The Waterboys. Tight ensemble, doing workouts of the favourites , along with a selection from the current album about Dennis Hopper, all too brief as I'd gladly have heard it in full. Mike's vision is as thrilling as ever to behold. @waterboysmusic.bsky.social

Great crowd at the Breakwater, Wexford, all set for The Waterboys. Lovely support set from The Deep Blue. @waterboysmusic.bsky.social

Tonight's entertainment @waterboysmusic.bsky.social

Who wants dandruff.... Ads in the Irish Press, January 1964

She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living Cian Nugent 2023 #vinyl

Raucous, in your face show by the Boomtown Rats at Swords Castle. High kicking Bob & co. did just the right mix of hits and blues workouts. @theboomtownrats.bsky.social

The Undertones and The Boomtown Rats at Swords Castle 🏰 last night. One of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. As front men go, Paul McLoone and Bob Geldof are outstanding. Two amazing bands on one stage. What a night. @fingal.ie @paulmcloone.bsky.social @theboomtownrats.bsky.social

Public housing designed by Herbert Simms in the 1930s looked particularly handsome in tv series Mix Tape, as Dublin posed as Sheffield. Marden Dean was the cinematographer for series.

Christmas in the Irish Press December 1965

First plums . Another week and there will be loads more.

From a photo essay in In Dublin , March 1984 - Tony O'Shea's photo of watchers on the street.

The Llibreria Altair bookshop in Barcelona has a eclectic range. Its Irish section includes The Weaver's Grave by Seumas O'Kelly (1881-1918). Alas they repeat the inaccuracy that he was at college with James Joyce. medium.com/@johnfoyle/j...

Montjuic Fortress Barcelona

Montjuic Cable Car Barcelona

Barcelona bookshops .

Back in blissfully cool & rainy Dublin, thinking about the great drying to be had in the inferno like heat above the streets of Barcelona.

I didn't take many photos in Barcelona. Between the heat, cautiousness about my phone being nicked, the power in the damn thing constantly running low because I was always using it for directions and sitting around and trying not to melt , I focused on just taking it all in. Sensory overload etc.

Barcelona

Alert!! Pat Carty’s in da house! Mister Forensic reads the Pure Gold entrails. Check his file notes here @patcarty.bsky.social @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social @davegildedalm.bsky.social @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social

Via Trunk Records newsletter- If you want to buy your own record plant filled with 1960s record pressing tech have a look here. Starts at £1. auction.gjwisdom.co.uk/auctions/cat...

Albums in the first half of 2025 that are so good that streaming isn't enough. #vinyl #cds @josephchesterguitar @waterboysmusic @skindizzle @lokeysband @peteholidai @robertforster_official @wetlegband @themurdercapital @mredwyncollins @sonsofsouthern2 @crowonafence #eamondowd @byohammer