Author: Graeme Thomson
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1472121066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
'The truest measure of the man we have thus far' - Mojo 'Affectionate, impeccably researched biography' - Mail on Sunday 'Head and shoulders above the usual rock hagiography' - Sunday Telegraph The first biography to be written with the cooperation of the Lynott Estate, Cowboy Song is the definitive authorised account of the extraordinary life and career of Thin Lizzy guiding spirit, Philip Lynott. Leading music writer Graeme Thomson explores the fascinating contradictions between Lynott's unbridled rock star excesses and the shy, sensitive 'orphan' raised in working class Dublin. The mixed-race child of a Catholic teenager and a Guyanese stowaway, Lynott rose above daunting obstacles and wounding abandonments to become Ireland's first rock star. Cowboy Song examines his key musical alliances as well as the unique blend of cultural influences which informed Lynott's writing, connecting Ireland's rich reserves of music, myth and poetry to hard rock, progressive folk, punk, soul and New Wave. Published on the thirtieth anniversary of Lynott's death in January 1986, Thomson draws on scores of exclusive interviews with family, friends, band mates and collaborators. Cowboy Song is both the ultimate depiction of a multi-faceted rock icon, and an intimate portrait of a much-loved father, son and husband.
Cowboy Song
Author: Graeme Thomson
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1472121066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
'The truest measure of the man we have thus far' - Mojo 'Affectionate, impeccably researched biography' - Mail on Sunday 'Head and shoulders above the usual rock hagiography' - Sunday Telegraph The first biography to be written with the cooperation of the Lynott Estate, Cowboy Song is the definitive authorised account of the extraordinary life and career of Thin Lizzy guiding spirit, Philip Lynott. Leading music writer Graeme Thomson explores the fascinating contradictions between Lynott's unbridled rock star excesses and the shy, sensitive 'orphan' raised in working class Dublin. The mixed-race child of a Catholic teenager and a Guyanese stowaway, Lynott rose above daunting obstacles and wounding abandonments to become Ireland's first rock star. Cowboy Song examines his key musical alliances as well as the unique blend of cultural influences which informed Lynott's writing, connecting Ireland's rich reserves of music, myth and poetry to hard rock, progressive folk, punk, soul and New Wave. Published on the thirtieth anniversary of Lynott's death in January 1986, Thomson draws on scores of exclusive interviews with family, friends, band mates and collaborators. Cowboy Song is both the ultimate depiction of a multi-faceted rock icon, and an intimate portrait of a much-loved father, son and husband.
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1472121066
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
'The truest measure of the man we have thus far' - Mojo 'Affectionate, impeccably researched biography' - Mail on Sunday 'Head and shoulders above the usual rock hagiography' - Sunday Telegraph The first biography to be written with the cooperation of the Lynott Estate, Cowboy Song is the definitive authorised account of the extraordinary life and career of Thin Lizzy guiding spirit, Philip Lynott. Leading music writer Graeme Thomson explores the fascinating contradictions between Lynott's unbridled rock star excesses and the shy, sensitive 'orphan' raised in working class Dublin. The mixed-race child of a Catholic teenager and a Guyanese stowaway, Lynott rose above daunting obstacles and wounding abandonments to become Ireland's first rock star. Cowboy Song examines his key musical alliances as well as the unique blend of cultural influences which informed Lynott's writing, connecting Ireland's rich reserves of music, myth and poetry to hard rock, progressive folk, punk, soul and New Wave. Published on the thirtieth anniversary of Lynott's death in January 1986, Thomson draws on scores of exclusive interviews with family, friends, band mates and collaborators. Cowboy Song is both the ultimate depiction of a multi-faceted rock icon, and an intimate portrait of a much-loved father, son and husband.
Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of Ireland
Author: Leigh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of Ireland
Author: Samuel Leigh (Publisher.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The presentments of the grand jury. Lent assizes, 1801 (-Spring assizes, 1824).
Author: Kilkenny county
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Faithless
Author: Tony Philpott
Publisher: The Liffey Press
ISBN: 1908308524
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Faithless is a blisteringly funny memoir whose central theme concerns the break-up of the author’s relationship with a man-made deity. Sacred cows are butchered with sharp wit, deities are probed with the zeal of a meticulous proctologist, and all that is miraculous is interrogated under the hot light of reason. All of this is accomplished by viewing religion through the memories of a young boy growing up in Ireland in the 1950s and 60s whose already jaundiced eye had begun to see the flaws in blind faith. Growing up in a country in the thrall of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and President Eamon de Valera, Tony Philpott provides an atmospheric evocation of Ireland in mid-twentieth century. Though much has changed since, he nonetheless shows how the political and religious ethos of the times still casts dark shadows over the Ireland of today. But perhaps more importantly, Faithless is genuinely funny. While it may skewer cherished beliefs with pointed sarcasm, it does so without ill will and its irreverence is intended to provoke laughter as much as thought. All that’s asked of the reader is that you bring an open mind - however the more fervent among you may want to bring your Rosary beads!
Publisher: The Liffey Press
ISBN: 1908308524
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Faithless is a blisteringly funny memoir whose central theme concerns the break-up of the author’s relationship with a man-made deity. Sacred cows are butchered with sharp wit, deities are probed with the zeal of a meticulous proctologist, and all that is miraculous is interrogated under the hot light of reason. All of this is accomplished by viewing religion through the memories of a young boy growing up in Ireland in the 1950s and 60s whose already jaundiced eye had begun to see the flaws in blind faith. Growing up in a country in the thrall of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and President Eamon de Valera, Tony Philpott provides an atmospheric evocation of Ireland in mid-twentieth century. Though much has changed since, he nonetheless shows how the political and religious ethos of the times still casts dark shadows over the Ireland of today. But perhaps more importantly, Faithless is genuinely funny. While it may skewer cherished beliefs with pointed sarcasm, it does so without ill will and its irreverence is intended to provoke laughter as much as thought. All that’s asked of the reader is that you bring an open mind - however the more fervent among you may want to bring your Rosary beads!
The Irish Sketch-book
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The presentments of the grand jury. [Continued as] At a general assizes ... the following presentments were made. Aug. 1824, Mar. 1826-July 1843
Author: Kilkenny county
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Thom's Directory of Ireland
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Sophisticated Boom Boom
Author: John Kelly
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446413799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, in the seventies, nothing happens. Every day. Teenagers Declan Lydon and his trusted friend Spit Maguire stand under lampposts waiting to be overtaken by some hormonal storm, to be enveloped by strange women, to finally make some connection with the glorious, glamorous world they know is out there somewhere. Their salvation comes through music. When, miraculously, Thin Lizzy come to town, Declan goes in to the concert in his brown cardigan and emerges wearing a black leather jacket... Sophisticated Boom Boom is a tender, hilarious account of the agonies and absurdities of growing up in a backwater of pebbledash and Space Invaders. Crucially, though, this is a love letter to the period and the place, and to the liberating, healing power of music that galvanises and transforms.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446413799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, in the seventies, nothing happens. Every day. Teenagers Declan Lydon and his trusted friend Spit Maguire stand under lampposts waiting to be overtaken by some hormonal storm, to be enveloped by strange women, to finally make some connection with the glorious, glamorous world they know is out there somewhere. Their salvation comes through music. When, miraculously, Thin Lizzy come to town, Declan goes in to the concert in his brown cardigan and emerges wearing a black leather jacket... Sophisticated Boom Boom is a tender, hilarious account of the agonies and absurdities of growing up in a backwater of pebbledash and Space Invaders. Crucially, though, this is a love letter to the period and the place, and to the liberating, healing power of music that galvanises and transforms.
The Irish sketchbook, 1842, by mr. M.A. Titmarsh
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description