Let’s go to the theatre: the final chapter
There is no more time! Dress up and go out, the show will start in a couple of hours! Don’t be lazy and spend your lunch time watching an incredible performance. Did you miss out the Beckett’s play? Was…
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The Megafestival with the Who, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney
The Who singer says his band will play the Coachella-produced event in October. Last weekend, the organisers of the Coachella festival in California announced plans to put on a three-day mega-festival with just two acts per night: Bob Dylan…
Irish Demography
Population 4,832,765 (July 2014 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 21.4% (male 529,140/female 506,857) 15-24 years: 11.9% (male 292,962/female 283,127) 25-54 years: 44.1% (male 1,070,875/female 1,061,396) 55-64 years: 10.1% (male 245,913/female 244,345) 65 years and over: 12.4% (male 275,114/female 323,036) (2014…
Top 10 Facts About Ireland
Which impressed you the most? 1. Ireland is the only country in the world that has a musical instrument – the harp – as its national symbol. The oldest known harp in existence is housed in Trinity College, Dublin. It dates…
Music Against the Anti-LGBT Law
Pearl Jam joined Springsteen in cancelling North Carolina show over anti-LGBT law. In a statement issued Monday on the band’s website, Pearl Jam called the new law “a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire group of…
Let’s go to the theatre 2.0
Shakespeare is in Dublin this week! Don’t miss out on the AC Theatre performance, directed and adapted by Peter Reid at The New Theatre in Temple Bar. What would you do if you discovered that your uncle murdered your…
Most Popular Irish Surnames
How many people with this surnames have you met? 1. Murphy – The Sea Battlers This surname, which means “sea battler,” translates to Gaelic as MacMurchadh (son of Murchadh) and O’Murchadh (descendent of Murchadh), a derivation of the first…
Goulash Disko Broadcast on Babylon Radio this Friday
The European party phenomenon is back in Dublin. Goulash Disko unites all Slavic and Balkan cultures in a musical mashup. Drawing on the famous Slavic hospitality, it has become not only a musical event but also an unforgettable artistic performance,…
Who Was James Connolly?
Irish hero, James Connolly was born in Edinburgh’s (surprise?) Cowgate area on the 5th June 1868. His parents, John and Mary, were Irish Catholic immigrants who originally came from County Monaghan. Connolly was born in deep poverty, his father worked…