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Music Hall songs of Dublin

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  • 06-08-2012 9:04pm
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    later12
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    Recently I've become very interested in the music hall songs of Dublin, such as those pertaining to Jimmy O'Dea, Maureen Potter and Micheal McLiammoir.

    Many will be familiar with the songs relating to Biddy Mulligan, as an example, as featured in The Charladies' Ball.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-_cSBktuU


    Others will be familiar with classics such as "Thank Heavens we are living in Rathgar". Does anyone have any interesting examples or links (esp recordings) pertaining to this sort of music?

    Dublin seems to have had a rich musical hall history, much of which was evidently inspirational to James Joyce.

    Sadly, surprisingly little of it seems to have lived on into the digital era.
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    A Disgrace
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    It's a pity the dublin.ie forums where closed down. You would have got a big response to this.

    I know someone who researched something similar recently, I'll get back to you if I find anything out.


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    Dyr
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    All I know is that the very mention of maureen potter makes me want to kick face's


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