Orson Welles was the ultimate renaissance man; an actor, director, writer and producer who worked in theatre, radio, cinema and television. His early association with Dublin is well-known: in 1931, as a 16 year-old, Welles performed at the Gate Theatre […]
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Do you Love Lamp? Does that mean anything to you, beyond the obvious source (the 2004 movie Anchorman)? Artwork named and themed around the quote has been a staple of Dublin street art for quite some time now, stickered and […]
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If you like Donna Summer, the Village People, Kylie Minogue, or any other artist that alludes even the slightest sense of camp, you’ll love Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The show, which is now in its seventh year since kicking […]
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Dublin is unique among European cities in having three naturally reproducing salmon rivers within the city boundaries; the Liffey, the Tolka and the Dodder. While salmon have the run of the former two, in the Dodder they are confined to […]
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A number of residents of George Reynolds House have been actively involved in a self-organised horticultural development project on its grounds. However, there is also an increasing frustration which has started to grow amid the new greenery. The Irishtown complex […]
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The pageant of the seasons continues and autumn the harvest season beckons, the season of mists and fruits; a lovely time to enjoy nature. The swallows have said goodbye and soon it will be fall. Each month has its own […]
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These days, Hallowe’en is a time for costumed antics for all ages. Everyone knows the origins of the festival – a holdover from the days of our ancestors who believed the world of the supernatural was “close at hand”. It […]
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RTÉ let themselves go after the death of Gerry Ryan. Well they let their allotments go, which had originally featured on the late presenter’s show. Until recently they lay abandoned in the grounds of RTÉ. Their CountryWide radio programme, presented […]
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For two days in September Sandymount Strand was transformed by a highly unique live art installation. Between Friday 20th and Saturday 21st, as part of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival, 4/704 was staged, its purpose to highlight the issue of […]
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The South West of the United States was truly a mad, wild and lawless territory. Everybody was armed and would shoot you dead for a chance remark or a perceived dirty look. It really was the Wild West. This was […]
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