iamBullivant<p>Something I've only just discovered: Luke Kelly was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and became an active participant in left-wing organisations such as the Young Communist League and the Connolly Association in England.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TheDubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheDubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Communism</span></a></p>
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iamBullivant<p>Luke Kelly died on 30 January 1984 in Dublin, aged just 43 years old. His gravestone in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, bears the inscription: "Luke Kelly – Dubliner". Go raibh suaimhneas síoraí air.</p><p>Here's Luke belting out the Black Velvet Band on The Talk Show in England in 1970:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBRQM0vErH8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=CBRQM0vErH</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Dane<p>The late, great Luke Kelly in his final appearance with the Dubliners. 😢<span><br><br></span><a href="https://youtu.be/1ZjL9ZcKixY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/1ZjL9ZcKixY</a><span><br><br>Invidious link:<br></span><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/1ZjL9ZcKixY?t=4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://inv.nadeko.net/1ZjL9ZcKixY?t=4</a><span><br><br></span><a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/IrishMusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrishMusic</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/TheDubliners" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheDubliners</a> <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/LukeKelly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LukeKelly</a></p>
iamBullivant<p>Rugadh Lúcás Ó Ceallaigh (Luke Kelly) i mBaile Átha Cliath ar an 17 Samhain 1940. B’amhránaí Éireannach agus amhránaí ceol tíre é, agus an ball is cáiliúla den ghrúpa The Dubliners.</p><p>Ammended to show correct year of birth.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/%C3%89ire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Éire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TheDubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheDubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CeolT%C3%ADre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CeolTíre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CeolTraidisi%C3%BAnta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CeolTraidisiúnta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Baile%C3%81thaCliath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BaileÁthaCliath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Gaeilge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaeilge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Gaeilinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaeilinn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CeartaighM%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CeartaighMé</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On 17 November 1940 Luke Kelly (Lúcás Ó Ceallaigh) was born in Sheriff Street, Dublin. His father, also named Luke, was shot and severely wounded as a child by British soldiers from the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the 1914 Bachelor's Walk massacre. Luke Óg went on to be a key member of the Dubliners.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>The Bachelor's Walk massacre occurred in Dublin, on 26 July 1914, when a column of troops of the King's Own Scottish Borderers were accosted by a crowd on Bachelor's Walk. After some baiting, the troops attacked “hostile but unarmed” protesters with rifle fire and bayonets - resulting in the deaths of four civilians and injuries to in excess of 30 more. Luke Kelly senior, the father of Luke Kelly of The Dubliners, was one of the wounded.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BachelorsWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BachelorsWalk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a></p>
Kevin<p>Lastly we have the amazing <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HalleStPeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HalleStPeters</span></a>.<br />Easily my favourite picture of them all.</p>
iamBullivant<p>Luke Kelly died on 30 January 1984 in Dublin, aged just 43 years old. His gravestone in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, bears the inscription: "Luke Kelly – Dubliner". Go raibh suaimhneas síoraí air. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On 17 November 1940 Luke Kelly was born in Sheriff Street, Dublin. His father, also named Luke, was shot and severely wounded as a child by British soldiers from the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the 1914 Bachelor's Walk massacre. Luke Óg went on to be a key member of the Dubliners.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Mark Maguire<p>Donal Fallon’s Three Castles Burning pays tribute to Sinéad O’Connor via the history of just one song, the Foggy Dew. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sin%C3%A9ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sinéad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Sin%C3%A9adOConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SinéadOConnor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FoggyDew" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FoggyDew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TheChieftains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheChieftains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CharlesONeill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlesONeill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ClancyBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClancyBrothers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Odetta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Odetta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ThreeCastlesBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThreeCastlesBurning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DonalFallon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DonalFallon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mastodaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodaoine</span></a> <br /><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/three-castles-burning/id1488547315?i=1000622964946" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">three-castles-burning/id1488547315?i=1000622964946</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>The Bachelor's Walk massacre occurred in Dublin, on 26 July 1914, when a column of troops of the King's Own Scottish Borderers were accosted by a crowd on Bachelor's Walk following the Howth gun-running operation. The troops attacked protesters with rifle fire and bayonets - resulting in the deaths of four civilians and injuries to 30 more. Luke Kelly senior, the father of Luke Kelly of The Dubliners, was one of the wounded.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BachelorsWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BachelorsWalk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>Luke Kelly died on 30 January 1984 in Dublin aged just 43 years old. His gravestone in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, bears the inscription: "Luke Kelly – Dubliner".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>This is a interesting article by Fintan O'Toole about Ireland's membership of the EU and what it meant for Ireland generally and it's relationship with Britain.</p><p>One fascinating take away: Irish membership of the EU was opposed at the time by John B Keane, Luke Kelly and Michael D Higgins.</p><p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/12/31/fintan-otoole-a-seat-at-europes-table-as-an-equal-made-complete-sense-of-irish-independence/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/12</span><span class="invisible">/31/fintan-otoole-a-seat-at-europes-table-as-an-equal-made-complete-sense-of-irish-independence/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> FintanOToole <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MichaelDHiggins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelDHiggins</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On 17 November 1940 Luke Kelly was born in Sheriff Street, Dublin. His father, also named Luke, was shot and severely wounded as a child by British soldiers from the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the 1914 Bachelor's Walk massacre.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dubliners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dubliners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LukeKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LukeKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p>
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