@buddyholidai.bsky.social You were the first person to spring to mind when I rediscovered this.... youtu.be/xsnyeKg7nzw?...

From the 1997 'Hot Press' Annual. Photo taken in The Montrose Hotel, Dublin in December 1996.

On this day in 1960, the first episode of Coronation Street was broadcast live from the Granada Studios at 7.00 pm.

Silent Night!

Looking for gift ideas for a music fan? Then Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story is the perfect Christmas gift! 🎅 It’s full of stories about the label’s legendary tours, behind-the-scenes bust-ups and unforgettable chart hits. And it’s available here www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Stiff-Rec...

"Run Rudolph Run" - Chuck Berry (1958) Nice animated video accompanying a Chuck Berry classic youtube.com/watch?v=Yiad...

"Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things" - Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues (1990) vimeo.com/11432395

"A Merry Jingle" - The Greedies (1979) youtube.com/watch?v=ktlu...

In the 1980s, when there was a gap in daytime TV, ITV would play classical music with a sci-fi video. For a lot of people, it's been a weird "did it really happen and why does no one else remember it?" memory. I'VE FOUND IT! youtu.be/Y4FrnrD7jCA?...

"The Sea Around Us" - The Ludlows (1966) Written by Dominic Behan, this song was Number 1 in the Irish Charts in March 1966. youtube.com/watch?v=mg8h...

"Stop The Cavalry" - Jona Lewie (1980) youtube.com/watch?v=rDBf...

Next Tuesday the 10th I'm giving a talk with a poster exhibition at 6.30 in Ballyroan Library for The Rathfarnham and Ballyroan Historical Society. Tickets (free) available here. www.eventbrite.ie/e/political-...

Lost cats in Co. Clare

All the plug hole stoppers.....

"Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth" - The Priests ft. Shane MacGowan (2010) youtube.com/watch?v=cC19...

"Christmas Countdown" - Frank Kelly (1982) This was in the Irish singles chart in December 1982, 1983, and 1984. youtube.com/watch?v=t_0P...

Being a lifelong non-drinker is all well and good until you have to buy alcohol as Christmas presents. Are they getting a nice wine, are they getting a gallon of embalming fluid, we may never know.

It’s happening. THE MOGGS! Episode 1 -Nanny is sent to her room for forgetting to curtsy to her superiors -A young chimney sweep is employed at the manor & immediately takes a beating for dirtying a priceless rug. -Mrs Mogg orders a large goose from Mr Wallace for Christmas!😳 🎄

Jesse Malin performs The Pogues "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" at his comeback/benefit concert in New York on 1st December. Jesse had a spinal stroke in May 2023. youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Uu...

592 patients on trolleys, waiting for a bed, in Ireland's public hospitals this morning per INMO figures. University Hospital Limerick is, yet again, the highest figure at 84.

"100 Boys" - The Golden Horde youtube.com/watch?v=xmTP...

"Friends In Time" - The Golden Horde Released this week in 1991, I rate this as one of best Irish singles ever. youtube.com/watch?v=Emf_...

"Song Of The Faithful Departed" - The Radiators From Space I reckon Philip Chevron's lyrics resonate as strongly as they did in 1979 when this song came out. youtube.com/watch?v=EQzF...

"Do Anything You Want To Do" - Eddie and the Hot Rods From the Marc Bolan TV show 'Marc' broadcast in September 1977 youtube.com/watch?v=rA7X...

The Boomtown Rats performing "Looking After Number One" on Marc Bolan's TV show "Marc" in September 1977. youtube.com/watch?v=hYnY...

"Sunday World" - The Radiators From Space (1977) youtube.com/watch?v=QyQ3...

Here's half an hour of high octane, live footage of The Pogues in Germany back in 1985. youtube.com/watch?v=21C-...

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who youtube.com/watch?v=UDfA...

#ShaneMacGowan 🕊💚🙏 30/11/23 Streams Of Whiskey youtu.be/mPpGp_J3z2A?... A Pair Of Brown Eyes youtu.be/zNtQ5AnRlz8?... A Rainy Night In Soho youtu.be/PSyL-TrD_2g?... Summer In Siam youtu.be/66quTi26YLY?... Fairytale Of New York youtu.be/BkoYgN3N1KQ?...

‘We walked him to the station in the rain We kissed him as we put him on the train We sang him a song of times long gone For we knew that we’d be seeing him again’ 💚

Shane MacGowan accompanied by the late Tommy McManamon (banjo) and Bob Dowling (bass) performing Hank William's "Angel Of Death" on 'The Late Late Show' (2000) youtube.com/watch?v=WtIe...

Gone but never forgotten. Thanks for the music, Shane. 💚💚💚

The wall-to-wall live coverage of the general election today has its roots in a telephone service introduced in 1922. #GE24 #Ireland #history

"Follow Me" - Rory Gallagher youtu.be/9ECdD36oUsY?...

Christy Moore and Shane MacGowan perform "Spancil Hill" on 'The Late Late Show' in October 1994. youtube.com/watch?v=aqlL...

It's a year today since Shane MacGowan passed away. Here he is performing "A Rainy Night In Soho" with The Pogues back in October 1988. youtube.com/watch?v=244E...

Another Paul Dehn Nursery Rhyme parody illustrated by Edward Gorey.

Parody of 'Three Blind Mice' by Paul Dehn. Illustration by Edward Gorey.

If you are a Pogues fan in Paris, I will be at the Desordre Bar tonight discussing my biography of the late Shane MacGowan. Come along, ask questions and pick up a signed copy of the book. www.editionslatableronde.fr/Agenda/Richa... #Paris #ThePogues #biography

You have to be Irish to get this.😁

Logical Dedicated to G 💙

First time father is asked to gown up before heading into maternity suite in Limerick a few years ago now. When he entered room wife got a few minutes light relief from pain. Herself and staff couldn't stop laughing. He thought he had to take everything off!! His bare ass peeping out of gown 😄

"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" - Manic Street Preachers Live on 'Later With Jools Holland' in 1998. youtube.com/watch?v=4LTZ...

Last go out with the FG Intra-Mortum. Campaign Gist: FG finds the voters revolting “A TikTok Taoiseach who lives by the viral video, can die by the viral video. What is seen cannot be unseen. These are the rules of the medium.” www.thegist.ie/campaign-gis...

"She Moved Through The Fair" - Shane MacGowan & The Popes (1998) youtube.com/watch?v=5tjz...

The number of patients who have been assessed and need to be admitted to #UHL who are on trolleys today. This is a complete failure of our health service. It is distressing and dangerous. We don't have any other A&E in the Midwest. This isn't acceptable. #HSE @simonharristd.bsky.social

"Muirsheen Durkin" - The Dubliners From 'The Ed Sullivan Show' on 17th March 1968. youtube.com/watch?v=8vUS...

"The Juice Of The Barley" - The Dubliners. Ciarán Bourke on lead vocals in this clip filmed in Sweden in February 1973. youtube.com/watch?v=iQWD...

Ronnie Drew and Stockton's Wing performing Eric Bogle's "Now I'm Easy" on 'The Late Late Show' in 1987 as part of The Dubliners 25th Anniversary Special. youtube.com/watch?v=ivOw...