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‘Revolutionary Struggle’ and the 1981 Trinity shooting
Revolutionary Struggle (RS) were a small militant Marxist group active from c.1975 to c.1984. They were mainly Dublin-based, particularly Trinity College, with some members scattered around the...
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Posters from the Murrays Defence Campaign (1976-77)
All of the following posters are from the Dutch International Institute of Social History (IISH) website. They are related to the international defence campaign to save the Murrays from death penalty...
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Paul Cleary – Dublin City Town (1986)
Paul Cleary – Dublin City Town (1986). 7″ single cover. The Blades are set to play together for the first time in 27 years on Friday, 13th December in the Olympia Theatre. Tickets, €26 including...
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Gay Pride Pub Zap (1982)
Here is a very interesting account from the summer of 1982 of fifteen men and women from the gay community who visited a total of eight pubs in Dublin city centre and recorded their experiences....
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Rice’s and Bartley Dunne’s: Dublin’s first gay-friendly bars
Introduction As for most of us, being gay in those days was a very lonely experience. There weren’t many opportunities to meet gay people, unless you knew of the one bar – two bars, actually, in Dublin...
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“Temple Bar’s Oldest Pub”
It may be just me but I think it’s cheeky beyond belief that the people behind Bad Bobs 2.0 in Temple Bar have recently proclaimed a part (!) of their pub as ‘Temple Bar’s Oldest Pub’. With a lick of...
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Jewish community during the Revolutionary period (1916-23)
In the early half of the twentieth century, there were roughly 3,700 Jews living in Ireland. This represented about 0.12% of the total population. Though their numbers were minuscule, members of the...
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Jewish links to Irish Republican and Socialist politics (1901-1960s)
Since the publication of our article ‘Jewish community during the Revolutionary period (1916-23)‘, a number of people have left comments, emailed me directly or posted on external sites with new...
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Electric lights in Carlow: Robert and Maeve Brennan
I stumbled upon this hilarious personal account, of four tongue-tied students and a bewitching girl from the early 1910s, in the Witness Statement of Robert Brennan. The story is centered around a...
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Lyrics from the two Blades LPs
l-r Brian Foley, Paul Cleary, Conor Brady and Jake Reilly. From The Blades official FB page. Photographer – Conor Horgan (www.conorhorgan.com) As I continue to transcribe the interview that I did with...
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A conversation with Paul Cleary
Paul Cleary by Mice Hell (http://triggerthumbs.wordpress.com) When I spoke to a healthy Philip Chevron in the lobby of Brooks Hotel in April 2012, I asked him about Paul Cleary and The Blades. He said...
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Timetable for today’s CHTM! event in P. Mac’s
Below is the predicted running order for today’s event. Be sure to get in early to reserve yourselves a spot! 5.05 – 5.20 – Screening of short film ‘Gentlemen of Letters’ 5.20 – 5.35 – Shane MacThomais...
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Stein Opticians has closed its doors
After nearly seventy years of business, independent family-owned Stein Opticians has closed its doors for the last time. Operating in the Harcourt/Camden Street area since 1944, the shop was opened by...
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Advertisements from the 1983 Dublin Theatre Festival Guide
Advertisements from various restaurants around the city included in the guide for the 1983 Dublin Theatre Festival. Front cover showing a member of the Henan Acrobatic Troupe in their show ‘Barrell...
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The killing of Inspector Mills in June 1917
Inspector John Mills became the first crown forces fatality since the Easter Rising after he was struck with a hurley by a member of Na Fianna Éireann outside the burnt out shell of Liberty Hall on 10...
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Ramble of January 2014
Last year, a small group of us went on two rambles up the Dublin Mountains. The first was to the historic and spooky Hellfire Club. CHTM! at Hellfire Club, Jan 2013. Here is a lovely aerial shot of the...
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Irish Reggae & Ska : Recorded work (1960s-1980s)
While Ireland’s first reggae band was without doubt Zebra (1979-80), a number of pop and rock bands recorded songs with ska and reggae influences in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Some were absolutely...
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Billy Morely RIP
We were very sorry to hear that Dublin guitarist and graphic designer Billy Morley has passed away. During his career, he played with The Radiators From Space, Revolver, The Defenders, The Teen...
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1977 Dublin pub reviews
I came across two reviews of pubs in the city from magazine ‘In Dublin’. Both from 1977. This issue (no. 34, Aug 1977) reviewed: - Mulligans, Poolbeg Street - Davy Byrne’s, Duke Street - Kehoe’s, South...
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Noel Lemass and his commandeering of a Dublin tram
Noel Lemass, Captain of the 3rd Battalion, Dublin Brigade IRA, had a short but eventful life. He fought in the Imperial Hotel during the Easter Rising of 1916 and was wounded while taking dispatches to...
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