Archive for June 5th, 2007
That’s Pirate Radio Part 1 - Radio Dublin 253
This is the first post in a series about a bizarre decade in Dublin – the pirate radio era from Radio Dublin, A.R.D. and Big D in the 1970s to Sunshine, Nova and Q102 in the 1980s. It was a craze without rules, where anyone with enough nerve and a half-decent record collection could make up an exotic ‘DJ name’ and defy the law.
During my final years in secondary school, I started listening to crackly signals from Radio Dublin on my new portable radio. I soon joined thousands of teens in a protest march, calling for the pirates to be legalised. Then I started visiting Radio Dublin, at first answering the phone and taking requests. >>> (more…)
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When the GAA Used Soccer Scoring
When the GAA was founded in 1884, they used rectangular soccer-style goals. Whichever team scored the most goals won, and there were no points. It took a quarter of a century for the current scoring system to evolve. >>> (more…)
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Ten Worst Places in Ireland to Find a Party
If you’re looking for a party in Ireland, you should avoid Clara in Offaly and Stamullen in Meath, where only one house in every 150 is a non-family household containing no related persons. That’s based on the latest census figures. Here are the ten worst places to party. >>> (more…)
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Ten Best Places in Ireland to Find a Party
If you’re looking for a party in Ireland, you should start in Maynooth in Kildare or Galway City, where one house in every six is a non-family household containing no related persons. That’s based on the latest census figures. Here are the ten best places to party. >>> (more…)
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