Thomas Gregg
contributor
Calling all Local Voices: Show us Your Talent for Bloomsday
Ringsend and District Historical Society will hold its Bloomsday festival from 12th - 16th June. A full programme of events will soon be announced but the opening event is the writers event which once again will be a competition open to both adults and children with voucher prizes of €200, €100, and €75
The Blades – In the Beginning
In 1977 The Blades played their first ever gig as a then six-piece band at the teenage disco run by the residents association. The line up that night was the late and sadly missed Laurence Cleary, his brother Paul Cleary, Pat Larkin, Johnny Burke, Joe Donnelly and Liam Fagan.