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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 9d

Seán McKeon's Salamanca.
Uilleann pipes tunes - mighty, uplifting music.
#vinyl
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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 10d

This evening's entertainment

@lighthousecinema.bsky.social

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 13d

Dr Strangely Strange
Quirky, fragile songs. Lovely stuff.

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 15d

Lunchtime visit to a gallery
#wednesday

@nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 17d

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

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 17d

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 · 19d

This afternoon's entertainment

@omniplexcinemas.bsky.social

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 20d

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 · 20d

Tonight's entertainment

@thebeths.bsky.social

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 26d

Tonight's entertainment. Documentary about the Sons Of Southern Ulster.

@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · 29d

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 · Sep 7

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

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Carry on Cruising with Elvis Costello,

September 2026

Top tier price points already sold out - it looks like steerage will have to do 😩

🛳️♥️🛳️

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.cherryred.co.uk/various-arti...

Various Artists: Joe Meek - A Curious Mind Outer Space! Horror! Death Discs! The Wild West! Demos! 3CD Box Set

• 3CD SET EXPLORING THE FASCINATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS OF THE LEGENDARY JOE MEEK. • 82 TRACKS OF FAR OUTER SPACE EXPLORATION, GHOULISH GOINGS ON, DEATHLY LAMENTS, WILD WEST IMAGININGS AND JOE’S OWN INI...

www.cherryred.co.uk

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Sep 4

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 · Aug 31

Tonight's entertainment

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Aug 30

I was startled to see resonances of my own parallel experience, right down to the way my mother would also append 'DV ' (deo volente) to comments. A brave book, well done .
www.newisland.ie/shop/p/still...

Still a new memoir by Julia Kelly, the award winning author of My Lazy Eye and Matchstick Man — New Island Books

A profoundly affecting memoir of grief that brings its subject to life in an unforgettable and unexpectedly joyous way. Still is a study of Julia’s grief, and the laying bare of her mother’s body – fi...

www.newisland.ie

jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Aug 30

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.
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@newislandbooks.bsky.social

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Aug 29

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 · Aug 22

Cuttings from The Irish Press, Evening Herald, The Irish Independent, The Cork Examiner & The Evening Echo.

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