Michael Brunnock, hot on the release of his NEW album "Live In New York", will be performing at New York's premier Irish festival Wee Craicfest. A one night festival of live music & the best of Irish short films. Also on the bill this evening will be the one and only Mundy. The 10th annual WEE CRAIC will take place at The Studio at Webster Hall 125 East 11th Street, New York, Thursday , September 17th. Free Bar between 7pm-8pm. Doors 7pm Tickets available on TICKET WEB.
RADIO REBEL GAEL PaddyCast # 39 -- Blessed Are Those Who Hunger for Justice
This PaddyCast is a musical tribute to the 1981 Hunger Strikers of Long Kesh, and the Irish Political Prisoners of Maghaberry Gaol and Portlaoise Prison, and all those who sacrificed their personal liberty for the cause of National Liberation and a United Socialist Republic !
DUE TO TECHINICAL ISSUES with Server, you’ll have to listen to the show directly at the link below:
Featuring over Three Hours of nothing but unadulterated and unrepentant Irish Rebel rhythm by Ciaran Murphy, Ray Collins, Pol MacAdaim, Derek Warfield, Jerry Mc Cusker, Terry Mostyn, Gary Og, Anne Brolly, Terry O’Neill, Black 47, Claymore, The Tossers, Shebeen, Wolfe Hound, Athenrye, The Bare Knuckle Boxers, The Dubliners, The Battering Ram, 1916 and Birmingham Six !!!
RIFFRAFF news: more theatrical openings after our Chicago premiere May 29th -- Batavia, IL (W burbs of Chicago) opening June 5th and Portage, IN (just over the border from Chicago) opening June 12th. Spread the word! And if you're on facebook too, friend us on there. Type in the director's name, Justen Naughton, into the search box. PEACE -The Crew
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
Labour councillor who branded the Queen a 'sectarian racist' faces censure
Published Date: 19 October 2008 By Marc Horne A COUNCILLOR who said the Queen is a "sectarian racist" is facing disciplinary action from his party. Labour councillor Terry Kelly, a former election agent for Wendy Alexander, launched a tirade against the Queen and the monarchy. The Renfrewshire Council member used his blog to unleash a barrage of vituperative comments which his own party has condemned as unacceptable.
In Kelly's online rant he also:
&149 Claimed that Britain would be better off if the Royal Family met the same fate as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia;
&149 Described the Royals as a "parasitical bunch of braying half wits";
&149 Claimed that Princess Anne looked like a "bulldog chewing a wasp";
• Lampooned Prince Harry and Prince William as "the Chuckle Brothers".
The veteran left-winger penned an article titled 'The Queen was in her Counting House Counting out her Money', which states: "I know it sounds churlish, with them being such nice folk and role models, but how many hospitals, schools, etc could we build if we did what the Bolsheviks did all those years ago?"
He then ridicules each member of the Royal Family in turn: "There's Madge (the Queen], the glove puppet, Big Phil (the Duke of Edinburgh], expert at shaking hands and insulting minorities, Charles, Andrew and Edward, the brains trust, and Anne, who looks and acts like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
"They are followed of course by the Chuckle Brothers 'Winco Willie and Hooray Henry', both of whom need to use both hands to find their own arses."
In response to criticism from a visitor to the site Kelly makes the bizarre statement: "If Prince Charles were to dump Camilla and marry a Muslim he would not succeed. In these circumstances the Queen should abdicate, not to do so wo
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