Posts by Niall Connolly
The Vikings, Declan O’ Rourke and the End of Tour
Myself and Declan O’Rourke April 10th, Looking back at The Last Few Days Belfast gig was very noisy. I shouldn’t do it again. Still, it paid and I sold some CDs…
Read MorePictures and Words – Dublin and Dundalk
Myself and Brendan Behan by the Royal Canal. Dublin 2016 April 5th, 2016 Dublin draped in flags. Dublin remembers 1916. Dublin in the sunshine in the Spring. Bobby Sands’ quote…
Read MoreDublin, Bantry, Cork and Ballydehob
Monday April 4th, 2016 Catching up with myself on the aircoach Brussels airport reopens. Doping allegations in British Sport. Star Wars to be filmed in West Cork…and the English Market.…
Read MoreFake Giraffes, Rainbows, Molly’s Lips, and Glen Hansard Tweets.
Wednesday March 30th, Train from Wexford to Dublin It is a glorious spring day. Ireland’s east coast is awash with yellows, browns and greens entombed in a concave perfect…
Read MoreOxford, the Deconstructed Encore and Castrating Alpacas
The Rolling Stones in Cuba. The aftermath of the Brussels attacks. Our reaction to terrorism determines its failure or success. The train from Oxford, to the boat to Dublin,…
Read MoreZen and the Art of Not Punching An Auld Fella in the Face
Good Friday, March 25th 2016 On the bus to Oxford. Great couple of days with Richard Young. The blue skies have reappeared. Nick Cave in my headphones, “ We call…
Read MoreLeeds, Sheffield and onward to Cambridge
Leeds, March 22nd 2016 I woke up in my hotel room turned on the TV. BBC World News. Explosions at Metro stations in Brussels. Two more explosions at the airport.…
Read More“From Hell, Hull, and Halifax, Good Lord, deliver us”
Monday March 21st, 2016, Nondescript Hotel Room, Leeds French and Belgian leaders speak of Saleh Abdessalem arrest. Obama visits Cuba. Cameron under attack for British budget. Connolly typing in hotel…
Read MorePhilomena, St. Patrick and Pele
St. Philomena, St. Patrick and Pele March 17th, 2016, Bishop Auckland My grandmother Philomena had ten children. She was a kind and gentle and beautiful woman. Today is her anniversary.…
Read MoreThank You to The Bluebird Cafe Edinburgh
March 16th, 2016 President Obama has nominated the next supreme court Judge. Trump and Clinton bolster their position. There has been a sudden increase in number of migrants trying to cross…
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