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Dolphin Records (Ireland)
Dolphin Records is a record label, based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1968 by Joe O'Reilly Snr. As of 2018, Joe's son Paul O'Reilly was acting as managing director of the label, and three of his children had also joined the business. History The founding of the record label in 1968 was preceded by the opening of a record shop by O'Reilly named Dolphin Discs in the Dolphin's Barn suburb of Dublin in 1958. As of 1976, Dolphin Records, as well as its associated retail chain Dolphin Discs, were still owned by the O'Reilly family, one of whom (Joe) began dating singer Mary Black that year. Joe and his older brother Paul eventually started a second record label, ''Dara Records'', on which to launch Black's career feeling that "she was different to their Dolphin artists". The compilation album '' A Woman's Heart'' released by Dara Records in 1992, achieved massive success and "remain(ed) the biggest-selling album in Ireland" as of 2018. The company was registered with the Companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its leading cultural institution, cultural and academic institutions. The academy was established in 1785 and granted a royal charter by King George III in 1786. the RIA has 600 members, with regular members being Irish residents elected in recognition of their academic achievements, and honorary members similarly qualified but usually based abroad; a small number of members are also elected in recognition of non-academic contributions to the Irish society. All members are entitled to use the honorific title MRIA with their names. Until the late 19th century the Royal Irish Academy was the owner of the main national collection of Irish antiquities. It presented its collection of archaeological artefacts and similar items, which included such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship Street Little
Ship Street Little () is a street on the south side of Dublin, Ireland which stretches from the junction of Werburgh Street and Bride Street in the west to the corner with Ship Street Great and Cole's Alley in the east and is bookended by the Ship Street Gate of Dublin Castle in the east. The street is bounded to its north side by the city walls of Dublin which was first constructed c1250 as part of the early defences of Anglo-Norman Dublin. Running parallel and perpendicular to the street to the south is Chancery Lane. History In medieval times the area would have been located just outside of the city walls and was referred to as Poole Street. The River Poddle flowed along the side of the street, around the city walls and into the Dubh Linn (Black Pool) which gave Dublin its name. It also acted as a form of moat for the castle. The Pole mill was also situated near the corner of Bride Street, Werburgh Street and Ship Street Little. It was one of several mills in the area whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Street, Dublin
Stephen Street () is a street on the southside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is divided into Stephen Street Upper (western part), connecting Golden Lane, Dublin, Golden Lane to Aungier Street, and Stephen Street Lower (eastern part), running from Aungier Street to Johnson Place. History Medieval Dublin Stephen Street takes its name from the medieval church and later leper hospital of Saint Stephen, located on the site of present-day Mercer's Hospital which was converted from use as a poorhouse around 1709. It was referred to as being used as St Stephen's Hospital from at least 1612. Nearby St Stephen's Green also gets its name from the same source. The church and churchyard disappeared following the uniting of the parish of St Stephen with that of St Michael Le Pole and St. Bride's Church, Dublin, St. Bride's to form the new parish of St Brides in 1684. The street is believed to derive its curved shape from the Embankment (earthworks), embankment that stood o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgh Quay
The Dublin quays () refers to the two roadways and quays that run along the north and south banks of the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. The stretches of the two continuous streets have several different names. However, all but two of the names (Bachelors Walk and Usher's Island) share the same "quay" designation. The quays have played an important part in Dublin's history. Much of the southern roadway and about half of the northern roadway is part of the R148 road, while the other half of the northern roadway is part of the R801 road. Routes description Both roadways run approximately 4.3 km (2.7 mi) from Sean Heuston Bridge in the west. The eastern end of the north roadway is at East-Link Bridge while the south roadway turns southward at the Grand Canal. Seventeen bridges cross the river along the line of the quays; three of them for pedestrian use only, one a railway bridge, two on which Luas trams run, and the remainder for vehicular and pedestrian use. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Templeogue
Templeogue is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south. Geography Location Templeogue is from Dublin city centre to the north, from the Wicklow Mountains, Dublin Mountains to the south, and from the coast at Dublin Bay, on the Irish Sea. It is above sea level and occupies an area of . Suburbs adjacent to Templeogue are Ballyroan, Dublin, Ballyroan, Firhouse, Greenhills, Dublin, Greenhills, Kimmage, Knocklyon, Perrystown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, and Terenure. Transport The three main routes through the suburb are the R112 road (Ireland), R112 regional road (Templeville Road), the R137 road (Ireland), R137 regional road (Templeogue Road), and the R817 road (Ireland), R817 regional road (Cypress Grove Road and Wainsfort Road). The M50 motorway (Ireland), M50 motorway borders the suburb to the west. Dublin Bus operates the following bus routes through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rialto, Dublin
Rialto () is an inner suburb of Dublin, situated on the city's Southside (Dublin), southside. The area takes its name from the Harcourt Bridge, which was commonly known as the Rialto Bridge due to its resemblance to the shape of Rialto Bridge, the bridge of that name in Venice. History and geography Rialto is bounded to the east and north by The Liberties, Dublin, The Liberties, St. James's Hospital and an original section of the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal stretching from Suir Bridge to St. James's Gate, James Street Basin, which was built for Cargo, freight transport to and from the nearby Guinness brewery at St. James's Gate Brewery, St. James's Gate. This original section of the Grand Canal, disused since 1976, preceded an extension of the canal to Grand Canal Dock which today defines the district's southern and eastern edges. Rialto Bridge spans the original and disused portion of the Grand Canal which now forms part of the Red Line (Luas), Luas Red Line. St James' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Dignam
Christopher Dignam (23 May 1960 – 13 June 2023) was an Irish singer who was best known as the lead singer of the popular Irish rock band Aslan. His career of over 40 years was characterised by numerous successes on the Irish charts as well as recurring problems with drug addiction and recovery. Early life Dignam was born in the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in Dublin on 23 May 1960. His father, Christopher Dignam Sr, worked for CIÉ as an upholsterer. He grew up in the north Dublin suburb of Finglas, attending Naomh Feargal primary school and Patrician College. At the age of six, he was raped by a neighbour. That continued to occur over a three-year period until at the age of nine, Dignam sought help from his best friend's brother, a man in his twenties. During the meeting with his best friend's brother, Dignam talked about his situation and he was then raped by that man as well. Dignam later suggested his drug addiction may have resulted from the psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Daily Mail
The ''Irish Daily Mail'' is a newspaper published on the island of Ireland by DMG Media (the parent company of the British ''Daily Mail''). The paper launched in February 2006 with a launch strategy that included giving away free copies on the first day of circulation and low pricing subsequently. The 2009 price was one euro. The strategy aimed to attract readers away from the ''Irish Independent''. Associated Newspapers Ireland employs over 160 people in Ireland. Both the ''Irish Daily Mail'' and the ''Irish Mail on Sunday'', along with their magazines, ''YOU'' and ''TV Week'', are printed by Smurfit Kappa News Press in Kells and The Irish Times at Citywest, Dublin. In July 2006 British media analyst Roy Greenslade explained falling sales of the ''Irish Daily Mail'': whereas the British version of the ''Daily Mail'' acutely understands its readership, "None of that understanding of the culture, politics and genuine interests of the Irish people is evident in the pages of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Press
''Hot Press'' is a monthly music and politics magazine based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in June 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. History ''Hot Press'' was founded in June 1977 by Niall Stokes, who continues to be its editor to the present day. Since then, the magazine has featured stories in the music world, both in Ireland and internationally. The first issue of ''Hot Press'' featured Irish blues rock musician Rory Gallagher ahead of his headlining performance at Ireland's first open air rock festival, the Macroom Mountain Dew Festival, in 1977. The magazine has covered the career of U2 since the late 1970s. Sinéad O'Connor first talked to ''Hot Press'' about her lesbianism. The magazine has been at the centre of several controversies: for example, ''Hot Press'' writer Stuart Clark was interviewing Oasis band member and songwriter Noel Gallagher when Gallagher found out that his brother Liam would not take the stage for that ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fields Of Athenry
"The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St John in the style of an Irish folk ballad. Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay. It has become a widely known, popular anthem for Irish sports supporters. History "The Fields of Athenry" was written in 1979 by Pete St John, who stated he heard a story about a young man from the Athenry area who had been caught stealing grain to feed his family during the Irish famine years, and was deported to Australia. A claim was made in 1996 that a broadsheet ballad published in the 1880s had similar words; however, the folklorist and researcher John Moulden found no basis to this claim, and Pete St. John stated that he wrote the words as well as the music. In 1979, the song was recorded by Danny Doyle, reaching the top ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan (band)
Aslan are an Irish rock band from Dublin who formed in 1982. Composed originally of Christy Dignam, Joe Jewell, Tony McGuinness, Billy McGuinness, and Alan Downey, the band has released six studio albums: ''Feel No Shame'' (1988), ''Goodbye Charlie Moonhead'' (1994), ''Here Comes Lucy Jones'' (1997), ''Waiting For This Madness To End'' (2001), ''For Some Strange Reason'' (2007) and ''Nudie Books and Frenchies'' (2012). History Aslan took their name from the fictional lion in C.S. Lewis's series of books chronicling the land of Narnia (Aslan is the Turkish word for "Lion"). The band came from the working class areas of Finglas and Ballymun in Dublin's Northside, in the mid-1980s. They released a demo single, "This Is", in the spring of 1986. It was a success and a popular single on Ireland's pop radio station, RTÉ 2fm. In the summer of 1986, they played a series of shows in the UK and ''Melody Maker'' noted: "Lucky the label that signs this band!" Janice Long at BBC Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
