{"id":10076,"date":"2023-11-23T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T18:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/?p=10076"},"modified":"2023-11-23T18:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T18:54:59","slug":"a-date-with-dublin-1968-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/2023\/11\/23\/a-date-with-dublin-1968-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"A date with Dublin 1968 \u2013 Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1968 I really got into the band scene. My Saturday afternoons were spent with my bandmates, practicing in my friend\u2019s garage. . We were doing really simple stuff but as the saying goes, \u201cpractice makes perfect\u201d. We wrote one or two of our own tunes. There were girlfriends on the scene as well, just to make the entire experience what we perceived to be true \u201cRock &amp; Roll\u201d!<\/p>\n<p><em>What would you do if I sang out of tune?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Would you stand up and walk out on me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The gigs we so desperately coveted eventually became a fact of life. The one in the local school hall was a massive eye-opener for me.\u00a0 I realized being on stage was damn lonely, having to remember all those words and not make any mistakes a challenge. Practice, practice and more practice became my watch word, always aspiring for the perfect performance.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_0_3c39d3f5271b8e9145c4ab53b17d6de5\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-PMRrBYYh8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_1_7ff5fb785ba8083290798d07d357d805\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XGzPbUOAr8U?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_2_7106994bc337aee9ac89875f0a04b062\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6vaN6TAQLXs?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_3_ff7a2ed8a1a4169838f6eb1f443d45d1\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yINAVEfZ56k?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_4_d95deae4cdb9a72524adf62e33d6ec21\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/daEfLfoBKjM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_5_cddc697c04827fe9738be5ced51c650d\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPZIpNx8tiQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_6_4a071962bcad027bb79e2797b27642db\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJ9D0UHP7x4?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>At 15 years of age, this was the year that the outside world really imploded on me for the first time. It was the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of April and I had heard on the news that the American civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, had been assassinated in the US city of Memphis.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: &#8220;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Across the boarder in Northern Ireland momentous events were occurring with the first Civil Rights March in Derry on the 5th October 1968.When television pictures of RUC officers baton-charging the demonstration in Derry were shown around the world, the Northern Ireland civil rights movement became international news.<\/p>\n<p>Some writers now say that this act of defiance was one of the cornerstone events which led to start of the \u2018Troubles\u2019. Even with all this turmoil going on, Dublin as a city didn\u2019t stop. It was moving forward and nothing was going to stop its progress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lady Madonna, children at your feet<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wonder how you manage to make ends meet<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dublin City Housing was becoming a big topic. During a Q&amp;A session in D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann (Irish Parliament) on the 07 May, 1968, the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Boland, confirmed the following information: \u201cI understand from Dublin Corp. that work is expected to be completed on 699 of their houses and 1,407 of their flats in the current calendar year.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the number of dwellings provided in the past three years in Dublin city and county by (a) Dublin Corporation, (b) the National Building Agency, (c) private builders and (d) any other bodies Boland confirmed the following figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of dwellings provided in the last three financial years was as follows:\u2014<\/p>\n<p>1965-66: 11,255, comprising 8,266 non-local authority and 2,989 local authority dwellings;<\/p>\n<p>1966-67: 10,984, comprising 6,905 non-local authority and 4,079 local authority dwellings; and<\/p>\n<p>1967-68: 12,017, comprising 7,972 non-local authority and 4,045 local authority dwellings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was uproar in the D\u00e1il chamber when certain TD\u2019s (MP\/elected representative) stressed that prior to these years less than 4,000 dwellings were built for the previous five years.<\/p>\n<p>So investment in houses both private and local authority was now starting to develop and with that came the obvious development of green field sites and the inevitable expansion of Dublin as a city.<\/p>\n<p>Nightlife was also starting to develop but again that\u2019s for next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Open up your eyes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then you&#8217;ll realize<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here I stand with my<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Everlasting love<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number One Songs 1968<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Georgie Fame &#8211; The Ballad Of Bonnie &amp; Clyde<\/p>\n<p>Love Affair &#8211; Everlasting Love<\/p>\n<p>Manfred Mann &#8211; The Mighty Quinn<\/p>\n<p>Esther and Abi Ofarim &#8211; Cinderella Rockefella<\/p>\n<p>Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich &#8211; Legend of Xanadu<\/p>\n<p>The Beatles &#8211; Lady Madonna<\/p>\n<p>Cliff Richard &#8211; Congratulations<\/p>\n<p>Louis Armstrong &#8211; What A Wonderful World \/ Cabaret<\/p>\n<p>Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett &#8211; Young Girl<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stones &#8211; Jumpin&#8217; Jack Flash<\/p>\n<p>Equals &#8211; Baby Come Back<\/p>\n<p>Des O&#8217;Connor &#8211; I Pretend<\/p>\n<p>Tommy James and The Shondells &#8211; Mony Mony<\/p>\n<p>Crazy World of Arthur Brown &#8211; Fire<\/p>\n<p>Tommy James and The Shondells &#8211; Mony Mony<\/p>\n<p>Beach Boys &#8211; Do It Again<\/p>\n<p>Bee Gees &#8211; I&#8217;ve Gotta Get A Message To You<\/p>\n<p>Beatles &#8211; Hey Jude<\/p>\n<p>Mary Hopkin &#8211; Those Were The Days<\/p>\n<p>Joe Cocker &#8211; With A Little Help From My Friends<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Montenegro Orchestra &#8211; The Good The Bad And The Ugly<\/p>\n<p>Scaffold &#8211; Lily The Pink<\/p>\n<p>1969\u00a0 Marmalade &#8211; Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For us, the five brothers O\u2019Driscoll, none of this mattered. For us the \u201cbeat\u201d went on. \u00a0As Dublin changed, so did I. Girls and rock &amp; roll were all that mattered. Next week I continue on my journey through the sixties.\u00a0 Stay with me! It\u2019s a long road but a good one!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to March 2012! What\u2019s on!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RBS 6 Nations 2012 &#8211; Ireland v Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10th March 2012 -Venue: Aviva Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishrugby.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.irishrugby.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Patrick&#8217;s Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16th March 2012 \u2013 19th March 2012<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpatricksfestival.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.stpatricksfestival.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Guinness Storehouse St. Patrick\u2019s Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venue: Guinness Storehouse<\/p>\n<p>16th March 2012 \u2013 18th March 2012<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinness-storehouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.guinness-storehouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>All Ireland Club Championship Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venue: Croke Park Stadium<\/p>\n<p>17th March 2012<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crokepark.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.crokepark.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dine in Dublin Restaurant Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>26th March 2012 \u2013 1st April 2012<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dineindublin.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.dineindublin.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TALK TO ME!\u00a0 What\u2019s happening in your world? Love to hear from you near and far.\u00a0 I welcome your comments and email\u2019s. (<span id=\"cloak30316\"><a href=\"mailto:martin@dpnlive.com\">martin@dpnlive.com<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill,<\/p>\n<p>MOD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1968 I really got into the band scene. 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