Under Clerys Clock.
The first Le Cool Dublin cover by Belfast-based illustrator Jacky Sheridan,
Jacky sez,
“I wanted to do something involving the closure of Clerys because it’s just such an institution in Dublin. So I based my cover on a song called ‘Under Clerys Clock’ by an old Dublin punk band The Radiators From Space. The song’s about two gay lovers who meet under the Clerys clock to try and be discreet as back when it was written homosexuality was still illegal in Ireland.”
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Nobody under 60 has ever met someone under Clery’s clock. An ‘Institution’ viewed from a distance with sentimentality doesn’t pay the wages.
I feel sorry for the workers. But this sentimentality shown by people who never go there to shop is just annoying. Was the same with Bewley’s. People who never went there were moaning about it closing.
You are right except for the no one under 60 bit… eh hem
They should. The Spire is too crowded these days.
Em…… I’m meeting a friend there this coming Tuesday lunch time.
Yeah…easy on the exaggeration there Mr. T.
Though I agree that the sentimentality is way out of proportion. Meeting spots were essential in the days before mobile phones and Clery’s clock was just merely of those spots.
it was the ultimate meeting place for new dates. that dirty big clock was there to remind you if you were late. if you were, the only thing you’d kiss was the chance of a second date goodbye..
Why is the street light watching those people kiss? Weirdo