New Year’s Eve

Does anyone have any memories from New Year's Eve at the Grove.

Remember all the ridiculous songs like Lily the Pink,All Around my Hat etc.that Cecil used to play for that night only.

 

 

One New Year, I think it was 1988 or 1989, I arrived a little later than expected. (Had lost my cache of bottles to a group of lads with tennis ball haircuts and an Aslatian). By the time I got there I had to take a long detour via the trench in front of the Vincentians' house, behind the prefabs, and from there on to the new extension where the new sports extension and toilets had been added. I was probably seen by the bouncers, who were firemen or Gardaí, but they must've recognised my trenchcoat and turned a blind eye. (Despite fire, health and safety concerns they knew that I didn't take up much space). I climbed into one of the cubicle windows, head first into a guy on his knees throwing up, and had to be "helped" in the whole way, getting smeared with the contents of his stomach whilst catching and ripping my coat in the window and being banged off every sharp corner imaginable. Of the people who I met they thought that someone had started on me. And yes, at the slow set I was in no mood for Tarzan-type hunt, had no self-respect and tried the "wounded puppy" thing but the smell of someone else's peuk was too overpowering for me to even face close proximity to myself let alone showing my war wounds to anyone else. Still though, there was always something memorable about the New Year Groves (which, unlike Hallowe'en Groves, didn't entail large numbers of Cureheads all reaching the same conclusion that a piece of white cardboard would transform them into Dermot Morgan's Father Trendy from the Live Mike show).

only new years eve i remember was the one time i was ever unfaithful was at the grove, when my gf at the time wasnt allowed go, so i just had to grab someone for a new years snog!

didnt we sued to sing ould angsine (spelling?)

I don't remember it if he did, but I could be mish(hic) taken!!!

Jaysus Breda, lock up your sons!!

Lenny I keep meaning to reply to this - now are ya kidding about not knowing Lily the Pink - ya know:

We'll drink a drink a drink

To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink

The saviour of the human race

For she invented medicinal compound

Most efficacious in every case........ and so on

 

All around my hat!

All around my hat I will wear the green willow
All around my hat for a twelvemonth and a day
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it
It's all for my true love who is far, far away....... and off ya go...

Ring any bells! How young are you anyway! feckin whipper snapper

it sounds vaugely familiar eejit. Im 12 btw - lol. do i get an award for being the youngest forum member? (im really 30 - sounds wierd saying that cos up until about 4 weeks ago i was in my 20s)

ive heard of them. they sang that song "well i dont want the world to see me, cos i dont think that theyd understand"

cant remember the name of it

I am proud of you both - that's them and Irish is the song! Rolo get with the times.  Feeling pretty good for a fourty year old now!

Look you lot,

Said I liked Franz Ferdinand didn't I.

Rolo.( One Hundred and Eighty ...........years old)