httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ77z0KR6mc

It’s both festive and soothing.

The Dirty 9s featuring Niamh Doyle – Into The Winter’s Night

Cian writes:

This is one of the songs short listed in the Christmas FM Song Contest. If you like it you can vote for the song by texting SONG E to 57003 with money going to ISPCC. You can find out more about the song contest here. Nollaig Shona!

 

The Dirty 9s (Facebook)

 

Vocals: Fergal Moloney & Niamh Doyle ; Strings & Glockenspiel by Keith Brett ; Engineered by Brian Cahill & Jack Prendergast at Elektra Studio ; Mixed by Karl Odlum

Outside Semple Stadium, Thurles, during Feile, August Bank Holiday weekend, 1991.

Before yokes.

And inexpensive camping gear.

Paul Reynolds, of Rabble.ie, writes:

Thought ye might like to share some classic Feile pics – they’re from Wally Cassidy who had a short piece with us in Rabble last issue

 

Wally Cassidy (Facebook)

This is what they were missing:

Architect James Horan’s drawings of Dublin for the book, 25 Views of Dublin (1994).

Aaron McAllorum writes:

These are pencil drawings of Dublin streetscapes and landmarks. I thought they were absolutely brilliant and are on display in Dublin Castle, in public view. One of the many good ideas OPW [Office of Public Works] has had over the years; they use department and public building walls as galleries much the same way the likes of the Ormonde Wine bar [Ormond Quay, Dublin] do/did.

The exact locations, anyone?

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