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@jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social
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Arts fan Dublin Ireland

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Seán McKeon's Salamanca. Uilleann pipes tunes - mighty, uplifting music. #vinyl seanmckeon.bandcamp.com/album/salama...
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This evening's entertainment @lighthousecinema.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Dr Strangely Strange Quirky, fragile songs. Lovely stuff.
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Lunchtime visit to a gallery #wednesday @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Éigse Terenure – The PoetsCorner, an afternoon of poetry, celebrating the power of verse in some of its many forms. John F Deane, Eileen Gogan , the NurePoets Corner, and Emmet Kirwan. #Sunday
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Another winner from The Divine Comedy. Silly songs, contemplative songs, epic songs, insanely catchy songs. Brilliant. #vinyl @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This afternoon's entertainment @omniplexcinemas.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
NewDad's Alter is full of catchy, snappy tunes. Fair dues to them for saying its about tough times. They've channelled it in a sophisticated, souped-up version of their earlier work. Rewarding stuff. #vinyl
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Double delight- new albums today from NewDad and Divine Comedy. Waiting now for NewDad instore at Spindizzy. @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social @spindizzyrecords.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Exuberant, joyous show by The Beths tonight at The Button Factory. However, a highlight was the much more intimate Mother, Pray For Me, from their latest album. Onwards & upwards, so good to see them progressing over the years, from the Grand Social onwards. @thebeths.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Tonight's entertainment @thebeths.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Tonight's entertainment. Documentary about the Sons Of Southern Ulster. @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Seen and Unseen: The National Library’s Photographic Collection William Fagan, Chair of the Photo Museum Ireland, gave a great presentation of the NLI’s photographic collection. #Tuesday @nlireland.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Glimpses of Eileen Schaurek , Florence Joyce and May (Mary) Monaghan, sisters of James Joyce, at the opening on 16 June 1962 of the museum in the Martello Tower, Sandycove. From Colm Ó Laoghaire's report, in the IFI archive. @jamesjoycetower.bsky.social ifiarchiveplayer.ie/amharc-eirea...
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Carry on Cruising with Elvis Costello, September 2026 Top tier price points already sold out - it looks like steerage will have to do 😩 🛳️♥️🛳️ bottiatsea.com?fbclid=IwdGR...
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Joe Meek A Curious Mind The latest release from the Tea Chest Tapes, three discs worth of Joe's obsessions, recorded upstairs from a shop on the Holloway Road. Featuring a huge cast, including Jimmy Page on guitar and Joe himself on screams. #cds @cherryredrecords.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Tonight's entertainment @vanmorrison.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Julia Kelly's Still is totally enthralling - I read the c.150 pages in two sessions. A memoir centred on her mother's death, it depicts the life & foibles of a family in incredible detail. Very much a product of their environment, 20th century Dublin. 1/2 @newislandbooks.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Ron Sexsmith's marvellous new lp, Hangover Terrace. Camelot Towers is particularly magnificent. #vinyl @ronsexsmith.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Michael Lindsay-Hogg's first stage production in Ireland, in September 1964. Do You Know The Milky Way? By Karl Wittlinger. Featuring Milo O'Shea, Jim Norton and Caroline Fitzgerald. At The Eblana , Dublin and The Group Theatre, Cork.
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Mickeyundertone @mickeyundertone.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The Prefab Four. A nickname to be worn with honour. For Pete's Sake, which used to end the shows when I was watching them in black and white, sounding gloriously colourful on the Late Show buff.ly/Gz7sEmP
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AlexandraANN67 @alexandraann67.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Evening all! Friday again! 🥳
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Art in the window Awake by Richard O'Neill (1923-2009) Bad News by Patrick Touhy (1894-1930) James Adam & Sons & De Veres, Kildare Street, Dublin
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#OTD Them, on tour , on a bill including The Byrds & Donovan, played The Town Hall , Hove on the 12 August 1965 . On the way they stopped for a dip at Ruislip Lido. 📸 Tony Gale
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Mickeyundertone @mickeyundertone.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Another gem from the When Will They Ever Learn box set. Cherry The Reddest Of The Red. Up until I had sense, I always associated this song with the failed 'A' side of Maggie May. Now airing on the Late Show buff.ly/VDK0E7i
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Write Stuff at Chapters Bookshop. Steve O'Toole, Tony St Ledger, Sean Walsh & Jane Gorman ( who I regretfully neglected to photograph ) entertained & provoked tonight, with a backdrop of the street theatre on Moore St & Parnell St. Mighty stuff. @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
George Morrison RIP Mise Éire Seán Ó Riada 1959 (compilation 1979) #vinyl
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
May 1964 in the Irish Press
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Swimming & history. Roger Casement remembered this evening, on the anniversary of his death. #sunday
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Superb show tonight in Wexford by The Waterboys. Tight ensemble, doing workouts of the favourites , along with a selection from the current album about Dennis Hopper, all too brief as I'd gladly have heard it in full. Mike's vision is as thrilling as ever to behold. @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Great crowd at the Breakwater, Wexford, all set for The Waterboys. Lovely support set from The Deep Blue. @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Tonight's entertainment @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Who wants dandruff.... Ads in the Irish Press, January 1964
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living Cian Nugent 2023 #vinyl
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Raucous, in your face show by the Boomtown Rats at Swords Castle. High kicking Bob & co. did just the right mix of hits and blues workouts. @theboomtownrats.bsky.social
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Nicki Ryan @nickiryan76.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
The Undertones and The Boomtown Rats at Swords Castle 🏰 last night. One of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. As front men go, Paul McLoone and Bob Geldof are outstanding. Two amazing bands on one stage. What a night. @fingal.ie @paulmcloone.bsky.social @theboomtownrats.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Public housing designed by Herbert Simms in the 1930s looked particularly handsome in tv series Mix Tape, as Dublin posed as Sheffield. Marden Dean was the cinematographer for series.
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Christmas in the Irish Press December 1965
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
First plums . Another week and there will be loads more.
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
From a photo essay in In Dublin , March 1984 - Tony O'Shea's photo of watchers on the street.
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The Llibreria Altair bookshop in Barcelona has a eclectic range. Its Irish section includes The Weaver's Grave by Seumas O'Kelly (1881-1918). Alas they repeat the inaccuracy that he was at college with James Joyce. medium.com/@johnfoyle/j...
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Montjuic Fortress Barcelona
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Montjuic Cable Car Barcelona
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Barcelona bookshops .
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Back in blissfully cool & rainy Dublin, thinking about the great drying to be had in the inferno like heat above the streets of Barcelona.
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I didn't take many photos in Barcelona. Between the heat, cautiousness about my phone being nicked, the power in the damn thing constantly running low because I was always using it for directions and sitting around and trying not to melt , I focused on just taking it all in. Sensory overload etc.
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Barcelona
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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Alert!! Pat Carty’s in da house! Mister Forensic reads the Pure Gold entrails. Check his file notes here @patcarty.bsky.social @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social @davegildedalm.bsky.social @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Via Trunk Records newsletter- If you want to buy your own record plant filled with 1960s record pressing tech have a look here. Starts at £1. auction.gjwisdom.co.uk/auctions/cat...
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Albums in the first half of 2025 that are so good that streaming isn't enough. #vinyl #cds @josephchesterguitar @waterboysmusic @skindizzle @lokeysband @peteholidai @robertforster_official @wetlegband @themurdercapital @mredwyncollins @sonsofsouthern2 @crowonafence #eamondowd @byohammer
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