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Rolo 
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 Posted: 28-August-2008 at 11:11 |
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Howya Brendan. Unfortunately...........or fortunately ( depending on your disposition ) The Dollier is no more as you may be aware. Sold to a developer two years or so ago,and nothing done with it. Rumours that the self same developer was going to reopen it as there will be no developing in the medium term. Oh............and welcome to the madhouse |
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Aries
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Posted: 28-August-2008 at 09:36 |
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Brendan Will do. The next time your home we'll try and drag you out to meet him yourself. You should get your hands on the documentary especially as you'll recognise your own work and a lot of the faces in the photo's. Eejit will get a copy to you I'm sure. |
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BrendanFella
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Posted: 28-August-2008 at 01:23 |
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Aries, thank Cecil for the compliment ...maybe I'll make a reunion now that I know about them. I was going back to Dub almost every year for a while. Couldn't find any of the old friends. My local was the Horse n Hound but didn't always drink there. I kinda made The Dollymount Inn/House more of my local. Eejit, thanks for the offer, PM on the way...By the way I wanted to use that name until you stole it....LOL Roundabout, I kinda forget the names of all the streets there (Even though I go back regularly)...But if Mc Cauley is in the back of Ribh Road headin' toward the roundabout that's it. He was a milk man way back when. Yes, he was a nice bloke...nicer than us....LOL He was actually more me brother's friend. Muller, I admit the Harmo lads were no Saints...but at The Grove we acted like Angels. Never got in trouble there but as mentioned earlier , not so lucky at St. Pauls. I don't remember Marion. I remember The Englishes very well..Basil?, And Johnny Johnson. After I left I heard they were all in jail and that Johnny Johnson got murdered. I escaped their rath, prob cause I lived right there...and they actually gathered right on the railing of our house. I was never in with that gang though so I was lucky enough to survive the era. I was the peaceful type. I guess I was more of The Grove Type....Peace n Love...LOL As you all suggested I've been perusing the other Topics and leaving my mark where I saw fit.....Some BLOODY GREAT MEMORIES there. So far I'm only up to page 12 in the Jokes...Jazus , there are some great ones in there.
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RoundaboutToo!
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Posted: 27-August-2008 at 23:41 |
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Brendan - is Derek from McAuley Road? Very nice bloke, I'll say hello next time I see him. Well done on the posters. |
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Posted: 27-August-2008 at 22:11 |
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Heya Brendan, Welcome to the site. Keep posting and add your comments to the other threads as well. Cheers,
Mel. |
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Posted: 27-August-2008 at 21:08 |
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Hey Brendan, welcome to the zoo. I went to the Grove a bit later than you - after you emigrated, in fact. The Harmo lads were no saints - you remember the Englishes and the Comiskeys - my knees shake at the memory. I lived in Ennafort and was often a victim of their marauding. I wonder do you also remember a beautuful girl called Marion Moore who must have lived near you.
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Posted: 27-August-2008 at 20:31 |
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Brendan I am in the States myself! Have a copy of the Doc also so if you want me to copy it for you I will try and send it to you. PM if you like. T |
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Aries
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Posted: 27-August-2008 at 18:12 |
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Cecil wants to send a big thanks to Brendan for the Poster Work he did. He said it made the Real Grove (he he he) what it was and very distintive. A photo used in the Documentary features Brendans mate Derek Farrell |
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Black Russian
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 15:00 |
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Bren, stick around and you never know we might be able to organise a DVD or something for you.
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BrendanFella
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 14:57 |
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Aries...The Fays sound familiar...As for playing Basketball...jeez, that woulda taken away from my drinkin time.... Bluebell, I haven't seen the Doc as I am in the US. I was actually on the phone w my sis in Dublin while it was on the air n she promised to tape it for me.....Still waiting...LOL. I have 5 sisters, what r they good for?...hee hee. Maybe I could do a web search if U let me know which TV station n app. time. Was there ever a DVD put out on it? Thanx.
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 13:08 |
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Hey Brendan....welcome to the site, great first posts enjoyed reading them. Just wondering did you get to see the documentary about the Grove on TV? It talked alot about the grove in the early days and the posters that were on the wall too.
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Aries
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 08:09 |
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Fester-- Sorry but no. The Lar Bacon I'm refering to came from Killester Park. Bren--I had a longer walk from Killester to Verlings, and back via the bicycle shed in Green lanes school. Mr Noonan ( X guard ) from St Annes on the door " Are you a member--have you beeen drinking " and all that. Used to know some of the Harmo Lads--The Fays and Bones ( Skeletons ) Ever play basketball in Killester opposite the Church ?? |
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BrendanFella
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 02:02 |
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Ah Jazus, I feel welcome already, Thanks much everybody. Hey Roundabout, what's this..."You'll buy me A pint"...Jeez I am from Dub remember. So you missed the fights at St. Pauls...lol. That's only cause we'd get barred from The Grove if we did it there. Of course we didn't start 'em...we got picked on....lol. I left Dub in 71 so I think the EU was a couple yrs later. Hint: I did live right opposite the Harmo Dart (as it is known now). Aries..How did The Killester group do with the ladies there? So you guys were segregated too...LOL. Seriously though I actually ended up w a very fine Clontarf Lady then so I'm only messin' to see if I can make them feel guilty...Go on tell me, I'm wasting my bleedin time, right. The Clontarf clan took up the whole bleedin Floor but made for some nice girl watching. I was happy just watching, Yeah Right... I'm trying to remember the names of the eejits I hung around with so not much luck remembering your group....What do they say...If you remember the 60's you didn't have any fun...something like that. Monarch: I remember the long wall on the right of the door on the way in. I painted a lot of posters but don't think I painted a "wall" so maybe somebody else did that. I think me brother kinda took over unless somebody else takes credit. Mine were poster size paintings of the artists of the day done in a kinda "negative" style. Like Jimi Hendrix, The Faces etc. Black Russian: that VERY VERY long time ago was spent paving the way for you. So hope the Ladies were as gorgeous in your Era. But then you were in the "compound Era", right? Jazus we drank enough but had to walk up from the Sheds so were half-sober when we got there...Jaz, to be able to do it RIGHT THERE...You guys n gals had it made. |
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 01:46 |
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Hey Aries was Lar Bacon from Artane? Down off Gracefield Road at the back of Mask Crescent there? If so he's a cousin of mine.
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 00:36 |
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Hey Welcome Brendan, That's some great reading! Don't worry, as some of the lads said, there are some visitors here from your time!
I didn't make it to the 'real' Grove, but when I went to St Pauls, there was no 'compound', never a fight either, and yes, plenty of gorgeous girls, and they still go to the reunions!!! Let us all know when you'll be this side of the water & we'll buy ya a pint in the Sheds or somewhere! Being from Harmo, any chance you remember the anti- common market/eu/eec prices painted at the train station in the '70s? CP |
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Posted: 26-August-2008 at 00:01 |
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Hi Bren,
I remember Seeing Your Name On The Posters At The Grove. Can You Do Me A Favour And Tell Me What Posters Were There As For The Life Of Me I Can't Remember. You Must Remember The Old Enterance Up The Right-Hand Side Of Of The Pavilion ,No-One Else Does Only Myself And Cecil. B.T.W. It's Good To Have You Aboard Even If You Are From Harmo. Frank Chambers(AKA The Mad Monarch) |
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Black Russian
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Posted: 25-August-2008 at 23:07 |
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You left out 2 words... VERY VERY LONG TIME AGO |
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Aries
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Posted: 25-August-2008 at 23:00 |
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Bren As I already said you are very welcome. Myself, Monarch and Dayo would be from your era. I hung out at the front left with Colm Mooney ( muttoneer ) Joe Harrington Lorcan Flynn ( Germany for years ) Lar Bacon and all the Killester crowd. I think I remember the guy who painted the walls allright although it's a long time ago |
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Posted: 25-August-2008 at 22:55 |
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Hey Bren great first post and welcome to the site, keep digging and join in with the other topics too
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BrendanFella
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Posted: 25-August-2008 at 22:46 |
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Hi ALL, Just found out about all the excitement here from my sister in Dub.I have been reading with great interest all the posts in all the Topics.I was a Grover from the start in '67 till '71. After reading some of the comments about Harmo I'm a little hesitant to say it....but, hey here it is....I was from Harmo and those stories about the fights are wrong...lol..at least in my day. You guys in the next wave musta started all that crap. I never saw one fight there. Now St. Paul's...Maybe there was one or two there However, as posted in another topic I do remember the fights at Whelan's, Flamingo, Moulin Rouge etc.....Jazus, It was like a war zone going to those places which made the Grove so nice. Maybe it was the bouncers then....you got barred for almost nuttin'. As for THE COMPOUND...No such thing in the 60's...WE had to do our drinking at The Sheds (Connolly's, at the bottom of Vernon Ave.)Are U guys telling me you were actually allowed do that? Jazus we had to hide the fact we were even drinkin'. OK, Ok, back to me, I used to hang out in the corner up by the right of the stage..pretty regular. One of my friends even covered for Cecil when he wasn't around. Think he was the first person to play Neil Diamond there..(Brother Loves Travelling Salvation Show) and Crosby, Stills n Nash..(Suite Judy Blue Eyes) Nobody had ever heard of Crosby, S n N. The biggest problem I had was The Clontarf girls kinda snubbed us. Jazus what do I mean "Kinda" They bloody well did. It seems like most of u are from a later time and I guess the problem wasn't as bad. Yous musta been a lot nicer, but too late for me. I will admit the amount of gorgeous chicks was unbelievable and if I remember a "belt" sufficed as a dress...hee hee. Well we did know a lot of girls that weren't as prejudiced against Harmo so we did OK....(If only we coulda kept The French from stealing our women every Summer)...Jeez, what did yis see in them? Back in those days I painted a lot of the posters that were decorating the walls of the Grove. Jazus I wish I had some photos of them now.....Who woulda known, huh?, So if anybody has old photos.... Anyway, great reading all the posts and the memories. Maybe I'll make it back for a reunion and all you Clontarf girls can gimme a kiss for snubbing me back then. |
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