The Irish Pub – On The Road

The Irish Pub – On The Road

Over the course of 2007 and early 2008, James Fennell and I visited every county in Ireland bar Leitrim, popping our heads into an estimated 700 pubs. We undoubtedly missed a heap of brilliant pubs but we returned home with 70 pubs photographed. We subsequently...
Index to Vanishing Ireland Interviews

Index to Vanishing Ireland Interviews

History is best understood by talking to those who took part in it. You don’t have to have lived an illustrious or bizarre life to have an opinion. You simply need to have lived and learned. There follows below a link to all the extended, footnoted interviews...
Mick Lavelle (1930-2013) – The Entertainer of Westport

Mick Lavelle (1930-2013) – The Entertainer of Westport

One of the best-loved faces in Westport, Co Mayo, the late Mick Lavelle was renowned for rolling up on a nearby seat in Matt Molloy’s pub and bursting into a ballad or a bawdy verse. He reckoned he knew  the words to over a thousand songs, including ten about Donegal,...