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Archive of my past letters…
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May 2025
- May 27, 2025 Here, There and Everywhere May 27, 2025
- May 20, 2025 Wait for the clarinet trio! May 20, 2025
- May 13, 2025 Exit Music… May 13, 2025
- May 6, 2025 The grand finale May 6, 2025
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April 2025
- Apr 29, 2025 Infectious enjoyment… Apr 29, 2025
- Apr 22, 2025 Listen! Apr 22, 2025
- Apr 15, 2025 Milestones Apr 15, 2025
- Apr 8, 2025 Where are you Now?! Apr 8, 2025
- Apr 1, 2025 Making and fooling… Apr 1, 2025
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March 2025
- Mar 25, 2025 Around the world! Mar 25, 2025
- Mar 17, 2025 Rockin’ The Boat Mar 17, 2025
- Mar 11, 2025 The Graduates… Mar 11, 2025
- Mar 4, 2025 Funk folk and film… Mar 4, 2025
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February 2025
- Feb 25, 2025 Where else but Liverpool? Feb 25, 2025
- Feb 18, 2025 Parts and Charts… Feb 18, 2025
- Feb 12, 2025 Something Beautiful Feb 12, 2025
- Feb 4, 2025 Red Moon Rising! Feb 4, 2025
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January 2025
- Jan 28, 2025 Shock tactics! Jan 28, 2025
- Jan 21, 2025 Heaven… Jan 21, 2025
- Jan 14, 2025 To win just once… Jan 14, 2025
- Jan 7, 2025 The most wonderful time of the year… Jan 7, 2025
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December 2024
- Dec 31, 2024 Lots of new and lots of fun... Dec 31, 2024
- Dec 24, 2024 One more year… Dec 24, 2024
- Dec 17, 2024 Anyone for a spin?! Dec 17, 2024
- Dec 10, 2024 Kieran’s Choice Dec 10, 2024
- Dec 3, 2024 Shakes head and exhales… Dec 3, 2024
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November 2024
- Nov 26, 2024 Such a Night! Nov 26, 2024
- Nov 19, 2024 Christmas gigs… Nov 19, 2024
- Nov 12, 2024 The best we’ve been at! Nov 12, 2024
- Nov 5, 2024 Purpose in life… Nov 5, 2024
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October 2024
- Oct 31, 2024 The musician’s musician Oct 31, 2024
- Oct 22, 2024 Taking lessons again… Oct 22, 2024
- Oct 15, 2024 “Running out of superlatives” Oct 15, 2024
- Oct 8, 2024 One year on… Oct 8, 2024
- Oct 1, 2024 Russell Crowe’s singer Oct 1, 2024
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September 2024
- Sep 24, 2024 "You're welcome to Cloonacool" Sep 24, 2024
- Sep 17, 2024 ‘Music is boring’ Sep 17, 2024
- Sep 10, 2024 I hope you dance… Sep 10, 2024
- Sep 3, 2024 A noble aspiration for any band... Sep 3, 2024
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August 2024
- Aug 27, 2024 Introducing the Theme Night Academy! Aug 27, 2024
- Aug 20, 2024 Level 8... Aug 20, 2024
- Aug 14, 2024 Three nights, three pianos… Aug 14, 2024
- Aug 6, 2024 Monday magic Aug 6, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 30, 2024 Let's Dance! Jul 30, 2024
- Jul 23, 2024 The greats are in town... Jul 23, 2024
- Jul 16, 2024 Solvitur Ambulando Jul 16, 2024
- Jul 9, 2024 Measure nine times... Jul 9, 2024
- Jul 2, 2024 Belief and Connection Jul 2, 2024
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June 2024
- Jun 25, 2024 The Theme Nights meet Sting!! Jun 25, 2024
- Jun 18, 2024 Ten years ago this week... Jun 18, 2024
- Jun 11, 2024 Man In The Mirror... Jun 11, 2024
- Jun 4, 2024 The Romantic... Jun 4, 2024
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May 2024
- May 28, 2024 Making us feel something... May 28, 2024
- May 21, 2024 Backstage stories... May 21, 2024
- May 18, 2024 The best one yet! May 18, 2024
- May 14, 2024 Jessica McCauna May 14, 2024
- May 7, 2024 Out of a job! May 7, 2024
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April 2024
- Apr 30, 2024 An Irish icon joining us... Apr 30, 2024
- Apr 23, 2024 Get out and play! Apr 23, 2024
- Apr 16, 2024 Yesterday's big day out! Apr 16, 2024
- Apr 9, 2024 One Night Only! Apr 9, 2024
- Apr 2, 2024 We've only just begun... Apr 2, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 26, 2024 Humans of the Theme Nights... Mar 26, 2024
- Mar 19, 2024 Beginnings... Mar 19, 2024
- Mar 12, 2024 Murder on the Dancefloor... Mar 12, 2024
- Mar 5, 2024 Both Sides Now... Mar 5, 2024
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February 2024
- Feb 27, 2024 Stuck for words... Feb 27, 2024
- Feb 20, 2024 17 new songs! Feb 20, 2024
- Feb 13, 2024 One of the great Theme Night moments... Feb 13, 2024
- Feb 6, 2024 Some big questions to be answered... Feb 6, 2024
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January 2024
- Jan 30, 2024 "Back off"!! Jan 30, 2024
- Jan 23, 2024 Frost is all Over...?!?!?! Jan 23, 2024
- Jan 16, 2024 The whole shack shimmies... Jan 16, 2024
- Jan 9, 2024 Lighting a musical fire... Jan 9, 2024
- Jan 2, 2024 Amazing or warped?! Jan 2, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 26, 2023 Breaking the rules... Dec 26, 2023
- Dec 19, 2023 Completing a fatherly duty... Dec 19, 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 The measure of my dreams... Dec 12, 2023
- Dec 6, 2023 We're heading back to Vicar St! Dec 6, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 28, 2023 Big smiley heads! Nov 28, 2023
- Nov 21, 2023 We have a theme... Nov 21, 2023
- Nov 14, 2023 Go Your Own Way... Nov 14, 2023
- Nov 7, 2023 We've hired someone...! Nov 7, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 31, 2023 A new gig next month! Oct 31, 2023
- Oct 24, 2023 Living someone's dream... Oct 24, 2023
- Oct 17, 2023 I Wanna Be From Somewhere... Oct 17, 2023
- Oct 10, 2023 God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You... Oct 10, 2023
- Oct 3, 2023 The best week of the year... Oct 3, 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 29, 2023 Big Friday news... Sep 29, 2023
- Sep 26, 2023 Something else that was... Sep 26, 2023
- Sep 19, 2023 Is there any greater insult? Sep 19, 2023
- Sep 12, 2023 I'm hiring! Sep 12, 2023
- Sep 5, 2023 The girl in the floral dress Sep 5, 2023
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August 2023
- Aug 29, 2023 The Heartbreak Bucket Aug 29, 2023
- Aug 22, 2023 Waiting in the Wings... Aug 22, 2023
- Aug 15, 2023 The return of the slow set! Aug 15, 2023
- Aug 8, 2023 Last year's BIG lesson... Aug 8, 2023
- Aug 1, 2023 Walk Between The Raindrops Aug 1, 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 25, 2023 What we strive for... Jul 25, 2023
- Jul 18, 2023 We missed you Steve! Jul 18, 2023
- Jul 11, 2023 Leaving It All Behind... Jul 11, 2023
- Jul 4, 2023 Blue-Sky Thinking Jul 4, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 26, 2023 Hawaii Slig-O Jun 26, 2023
- Jun 20, 2023 What it's all about... Jun 20, 2023
- Jun 13, 2023 Theme Nights On Tour! Jun 13, 2023
- Jun 6, 2023 The best country in the world... Jun 6, 2023
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May 2023
- May 30, 2023 Glory Days May 30, 2023
- May 23, 2023 Stars under the stars... May 23, 2023
- May 16, 2023 Young, scrappy and hungry... May 16, 2023
- May 9, 2023 Confidence-building and friendship-making... May 9, 2023
- May 2, 2023 Truth, wit and ruses... May 2, 2023
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April 2023
- Apr 25, 2023 Crying like f***in babies! Apr 25, 2023
- Apr 18, 2023 And the theme is... Apr 18, 2023
- Apr 11, 2023 When the little guy wins... Apr 11, 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 Letter 100! Apr 4, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 28, 2023 Music, sport and emotion... Mar 28, 2023
- Mar 21, 2023 Unlikely partners... Mar 21, 2023
- Mar 14, 2023 "That was posh at the time"... Mar 14, 2023
- Mar 7, 2023 Good news stories and teenage superheroes! Mar 7, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 The end of an era... Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 21, 2023 The Sunny Side... Feb 21, 2023
- Feb 14, 2023 The LOVE edition.... Feb 14, 2023
- Feb 7, 2023 Be the Wheel... Feb 7, 2023
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January 2023
- Jan 31, 2023 Young songwriters and new(ish) roads... Jan 31, 2023
- Jan 24, 2023 Did that really happen?! Jan 24, 2023
- Jan 17, 2023 The people who make things happen... Jan 17, 2023
- Jan 10, 2023 Sing Us a Song, Tell Us a Story... Jan 10, 2023
- Jan 3, 2023 Four Thousand Weeks Jan 3, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 27, 2022 The 2022 review Dec 27, 2022
- Dec 20, 2022 The Christmas Edition Dec 20, 2022
- Dec 13, 2022 Dublin tales... Dec 13, 2022
- Dec 6, 2022 How to build something great... Dec 6, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 29, 2022 Passing on the tradition... Nov 29, 2022
- Nov 22, 2022 This is the life! Nov 22, 2022
- Nov 15, 2022 The story of a morning... Nov 15, 2022
- Nov 8, 2022 Local Heroes Nov 8, 2022
- Nov 1, 2022 When you play the wrong song... Nov 1, 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 25, 2022 Selfies, scholars and values... Oct 25, 2022
- Oct 18, 2022 A new residency begins... Oct 18, 2022
- Oct 11, 2022 Don't miss out this morning... Oct 11, 2022
- Oct 4, 2022 The best part... Oct 4, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 27, 2022 Lifelong companions... Sep 27, 2022
- Sep 20, 2022 Keeping the head right... Sep 20, 2022
- Sep 13, 2022 TN #30 Teaser, and a ticket giveaway! Sep 13, 2022
- Sep 6, 2022 A busker in Granada... Sep 6, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 30, 2022 Being a superfan... Aug 30, 2022
- Aug 23, 2022 "Better than the frickin' Beatles" Aug 23, 2022
- Aug 16, 2022 "They practise without being asked" Aug 16, 2022
- Aug 9, 2022 Is this the year? Aug 9, 2022
- Aug 2, 2022 Endings... Aug 2, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 26, 2022 From one festival to another... Jul 26, 2022
- Jul 19, 2022 Time for throw-in... Jul 19, 2022
- Jul 12, 2022 Up Our Side! Jul 12, 2022
- Jul 5, 2022 Golden Time Jul 5, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 28, 2022 Holidays (Part 2) Jun 28, 2022
- Jun 21, 2022 Holidays (Part 1) Jun 21, 2022
- Jun 14, 2022 Children From the West Country... Jun 14, 2022
- Jun 7, 2022 How Much Do You Love Me?? Jun 7, 2022
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May 2022
- May 31, 2022 Sligo's changing music scene... May 31, 2022
- May 24, 2022 Angry drummers and a pictorial feast... May 24, 2022
- May 17, 2022 When the nerves hit... May 17, 2022
- May 10, 2022 The review... May 10, 2022
- May 3, 2022 The preview... May 3, 2022
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April 2022
- Apr 26, 2022 Young friends and old married couples... Apr 26, 2022
- Apr 19, 2022 Who is on the show??? Apr 19, 2022
- Apr 12, 2022 Pick a song for Emily... Apr 12, 2022
- Apr 5, 2022 Songwriting, groaning, swinging and roaring... Apr 5, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 29, 2022 One we'll always remember... Mar 29, 2022
- Mar 22, 2022 Freedom! Mar 22, 2022
- Mar 15, 2022 Music and memories... Mar 15, 2022
- Mar 8, 2022 Teenage superstars... Mar 8, 2022
- Mar 1, 2022 Repetition, rumour and refunds... Mar 1, 2022
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February 2022
- Feb 22, 2022 Announcement - Theme Night #29 Feb 22, 2022
- Feb 15, 2022 The theme has been picked... Feb 15, 2022
- Feb 8, 2022 Things that make me excited... Feb 8, 2022
- Feb 1, 2022 Impostor syndrome - bad or...good?? Feb 1, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan 25, 2022 Monday nights are back! Jan 25, 2022
- Jan 18, 2022 Two drifters, off to see the world... Jan 18, 2022
- Jan 11, 2022 Johnny Saucepan - anyone for grub?? Jan 11, 2022
- Jan 4, 2022 The best time of the year... Jan 4, 2022
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December 2021
- Dec 28, 2021 The difference between good and great?? Dec 28, 2021
- Dec 21, 2021 Is love alive?? Dec 21, 2021
- Dec 14, 2021 Theme Night #28 starts tomorrow! Dec 14, 2021
- Dec 6, 2021 Theme Night #28 WILL go ahead... Dec 6, 2021
- Dec 3, 2021 How Can I Keep From Singing? Dec 3, 2021
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November 2021
- Nov 30, 2021 Now That's What I Call Music! Nov 30, 2021
- Nov 23, 2021 There's a Lad Works down the Lanterns Swears he's Jesus Nov 23, 2021
- Nov 16, 2021 Get the Theme Night album this Friday! Nov 16, 2021
- Nov 9, 2021 As Time Goes By... Nov 9, 2021
- Nov 2, 2021 Yeah, but who wrote it? Nov 2, 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 26, 2021 How to make friends... Oct 26, 2021
- Oct 19, 2021 Go ahead - Jump! Oct 19, 2021
- Oct 12, 2021 Going to the chapel... Oct 12, 2021
- Oct 5, 2021 Announcement - Theme Night #28 Oct 5, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 28, 2021 From a Distance Sep 28, 2021
- Sep 21, 2021 The Way I Dreamed It Sep 21, 2021
- Sep 14, 2021 The Big Comeback! Sep 14, 2021
- Sep 8, 2021 Finally - a gig announcement! Sep 8, 2021
- Sep 7, 2021 Reconnecting with Music Sep 7, 2021
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August 2021
- Aug 31, 2021 (Almost) Announcements... Aug 31, 2021
- Aug 24, 2021 The Last Week of Summer Aug 24, 2021
- Aug 17, 2021 North Dublin's finest... Aug 17, 2021
- Aug 10, 2021 What's The Motto With You? Aug 10, 2021
- Aug 3, 2021 Our Time Has Come Again Aug 3, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 27, 2021 The Summer of 2002 Jul 27, 2021
- Jul 21, 2021 The Story of Number 6 Jul 21, 2021
- Jul 13, 2021 The Story of Number 5 Jul 13, 2021
- Jul 6, 2021 A gig! Jul 6, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 29, 2021 Family, Community, Show-stopping Moments Jun 29, 2021
- Jun 22, 2021 It Will Be Me Jun 22, 2021
- Jun 15, 2021 Being 'discovered' Jun 15, 2021
- Jun 8, 2021 Holidays! Jun 8, 2021
- Jun 1, 2021 Promise, potential, possibilities... Jun 1, 2021
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May 2021
- May 25, 2021 Counting Kangaroos May 25, 2021