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•The high-quality, well-loved and equally well-attended slate of concerts that Brian O’Donovan organized, nourished, and emceed for so many years at the Burren Backroom will now live on there in his name. And the Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series will get off to quite the start on Nov. 1, presenting uilleann piper Cillian Vallely and Worcester-born-and-bred fiddler David Doocey –
Few groups embrace nonconformity more than Modernlove, the cover and four-piece band from Drogheda, Co Louth, who are posing the questions of their generation:
Modernlove. are an emo indie-pop band from Ireland, on their first US tour after releasing the Only Ever Only You EP. Barry Lally talks their origin & making cathartic songs to dance to.
Les' tales of Gerrards Bridge, Recs and the cup that disappeared Pilkington Recs before the Final against Blackbrook in 1964 . Hooker Les Kay is seated second from the left, with ‘Buck’ Casey is to his right. FORMER hooker Les Kay is a real mine of information about the amateur game in St Helens back in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He got in touch with Saints historian Alex Service to tell a tale or two about the oval-ball game's fine history in the town - and his part in it. “I’ve got a record that can rarely be beaten,” he says.