Mick McLoughlin – Summer in Dublin (Liam Reilly tribute)
The Life of Reilly.
Indomitable Dublin busker Mick McLoughlin pays tribute to the late, great Bagatelle singer Liam Reilly (top), who died this week, with a soulful cover of his iconic Summer In Dublin.
Mick plies his trade on Henry Street which is outside the 5k Dun Laoghaire radius. Ironically enough.
Nick says: 46A OK.
Thanks to Johnny Keenan.
Killeen East, County Roscommon.
Archaeological Management Solutions writes:
A documentary outlining the results of archaeological excavations undertaken in the townland of Killeen East, Co. Roscommon in advance of the construction of the N5 Ballaghaderreen-Scramoge road project.
This short film focuses primarily on the excavation of an Early Medieval enclosure, souterrains and burials excavated at Killeen East 2. It also shows the excavation of a ring barrow at Killeen East 1 and burnt mounds at Killeen East 3, all of which are of probable Bronze Age date…
N5 Ballaghaderreen-Scramoge road project?
The Wolfe Tones – Rock On Rockall
‘Oh rock on Rockall you’ll never fall
For Britain’s greedy hands
Oh you’ll meet the same resistance
Like you did in many landsMay the Seagulls rise and pluck your eyes
And the water crush your shell
And the natural gas will burn your ass
And blow you all to hell’
Karl Carpenter writes:
…back in the charts next week…
Donegal vessel blocked from fishing around Rockall by Scottish patrol boat (RTÉ)
#NollaignamBan #Epiphany
‘The Women’s Christmas is so called in West Cork because the men try to make everything as pleasant as possible for the women…the women having worked so hard to make the real Christmas day a happy one for everyone else.’https://t.co/gfnnvwuZgd pic.twitter.com/xqN5cpWFzG— duchas.ie (@duchas_ie) January 6, 2021
Awomen to that.
Pause.
FIGHT!
Bachelors Walk / Litton Lane, Dublin 1984
From #DublinBeforeTheTiger (1982-1992), the most comprehensive series about the inner city before the boom.
For more images please FOLLOW & RETWEET.
For print enquires: see email address in header.@photosofdublin pic.twitter.com/5CWWNyyA21— David Jazay (@DavidJazay) January 6, 2021
1984.
Bachelors Walk/Litton Lane, Dublin 1.
Level 5 restrictions: More restrictions now being considered to reduce COVID PCR test results. One of the suggestions is a 6pm curfew because we all know Covid wears a watch and won’t attack after a time determined by NPHET. https://t.co/HzOrAaRQej
— Niall Boylan (@Niall_Boylan) January 5, 2021
As Covid cases continue to rise in France, the French government introduced a curfew that varies in different areas. For some regions the curfew begins at 8pm, but in recent days certain parts of the country are under curfew from as early as 6pm….
FIGHT!
The Elements – Let The Stars Shine
New year, new hip-hop.
We kick off 2021 with innovative Dublin rappers The Elements who reach for the stars with this single from their forthcoming EP Art Of The Vandal (top).
Daragh O’Kelly plays piano and NDLZ plays guitar, with Ricki Rawness on production duties.
David Conroy of XoZen1 Films directs and edits the trippy universe-straddling promo.
The band write:
“The Elements challenge their listeners to take the journey into their world, their songs are an abstract, objective and a somewhat psychedelic surrealist experience as an alternative to the now formulaic objective “struggles” of reality in Irish Hip-Hop.”
Nick says: Stars in their eyes.
This day 150 years ago – 5 January 1871 – the Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade was released from duty.
This volunteer corps – comprised of surgeons, medical students and ambulance drivers – was formed in Dublin to assist wounded French soldiers in their war with Prussia. pic.twitter.com/0B2EFwOixf
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 5, 2021
At the going down of the sun.
We shall remember them.
Where are your masks?
No.
Sandymount.
Ithankyew.
Pic by Nick
From now on I’m acting as if I’m infectious. I’m not going to see anyone, even at a distance or on outdoor walks. I’m locking down for the sake of my parents, for your parents & for all of our mates who have no choice but to work keeping us all safe. I suggest you do the same.
— Ruth Medjber 📸❤️🌙 (@ruthlessimagery) January 3, 2021
Gulp.
Last night.
Dublin-based photographer Ruth Medjber (of the lockdown windows project) declares herself ‘infectious’.
Too extreme?
Or not extreme enough.
We may never know.
Previously: I Threw A Brick Through A Window
Alternatively…
Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne says the government’s "bizarre" lockdown strategy “isn’t working".
"We’re told the greatest spread is in the household. So I suppose the only way a lockdown might work is if we each lock ourselves individually in a room.”@JuliaHB1 | @DesmondSwayne pic.twitter.com/kbPaqZXzPf
— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) January 4, 2021
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