Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in Dublin city, Kelly moved to England in his late teens and by his early 20s had become involved in a folk music revival. Returning to Dublin in the 1960s, he is noted as a founding member of the band The Dubliners. Becoming known for his distinctive singing style, and sometimes political messages, the Irish Post and other commentators have regarded Kelly as one of Ireland's greatest folk singers.
Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.In 1962, he founded the Ronnie Drew Group with Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and Ciarán Bourke. They soon changed their name to The Dubliners — with John Sheahan joining shortly afterwards to form the definitive line-up—and quickly became one of the best known Irish folk groups.
They played at first in O'Donoghue's Pub in Merrion Row, Dublin 2 where they were often accompanied by Mary Jordan on the spoons and vocalist Ann Mulqueen, a friend of McKenna's. Mary Jordan's mother, Peggy Jordan, introduced them to the Abbey Tavern in Howth, which bec...
The Irish of the 7th Cavalry. Myles Keogh from Leighlinbridge, Carlow. Sgt. Robert Hughes, Custer's personal flag bearer, from Dublin. Daniel Newell, Ballinlough, Roscommon. Thomas Callan, Dundalk, Louth. Thomas Eagan, Offaly.
It's a medieval monkish riddle, also a palindrome in Latin (reading the same backwards and forwards), and the answer is - moths.
"In girium imus nocte et consumimur igni."
(We enter the circle in the night, and are consumed by the fire.)
Patrick Kavanagh 1904-1967. Poet.
On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue;
I saw the danger, yet I walked along the enchanted way,
And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day.
Dublin's historic red light district, reputed at the time to being one of the biggest in Europe. For more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monto
James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde, and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the twentieth century.
Samuel Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French.
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