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While she dedicated herself to keeping the memory of her son Philip Lynott alive, Philomena Lynott was a powerful protagonist in her own right.

'Parisienne Walkways' showcased Gary Moore's virtuoso guitar work and quickly became his signature song. Its recording also provided a young engineer at Morgan Studios with his first, unexpected production credit.

“Phil wasn’t supposed to die at all. He was pretty much the Iron Man,” remembers guitarist Scott Gorham. It will be 35 years next month since Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott tragically died from heart failure, and yet his legacy is still very much alive. The documentary film Songs for While I’m Away offers insights into the life and music of one of Ireland’s greatest rock stars, and will be released on St Stephen’s Day. The Dublin native penned iconic floor fillers such as The Bo...

People often talk about the impact Irish musicians have had on our national self-confidence over the years, whether it’s U2’s dragon-slaying in America, Enya’s sonic ubiquity in the late 1980s, or The Boomtown Rats’ first appearance on Top of the Pops. But before any of them, and long before the dreaded boy bands, there was Philo. From the moment Thin Lizzy first appeared on Top of the Pops in 1973 having scored an unlikely hit with the traditional song Whiskey in the Jar, Phil Lynott...