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Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?
Tim Bradford
A wry and extremely witty travelogue exploring all things Irish (and Oirish).'With Spike Milligan-ish humour, Bradford investigates the Irish psyche: at times he comes close to adding a new mythology of his own.’ Time Out'If you know who Shane MacGowan is, you may well love this bizarre, funny, brash, telling-it-like-it-is book. If you don't, then it will expand your cultural range' Sunday Times'An absolute must for anyone who's ever indulged even a moment of romantic yearning for all things Hibernian. Like some latter-day Kerouac, Tim Bradford drives around the Emerald Isle in search of captivating wild women, poetry, folk songs and of course, the odd pint or two. He meets Europe's spottiest hitcher and drives along Ireland's worst road; he gives a bluffer's guide to being Irish for those who aren't and provides an essential map of the land showing the distribution of conversational topics including house prices. Moving statues and condom availability. Hilarious.' Scotsman'An engagingly whimsical tour, in which Bradford seeks to discover what it means to be Irish (and indeed Oirish), where the best Guinness is found, whether Irish music is any good, and sundry related topics. This is always amusing and frequently laugh-out-loud funny: Bradford can see the serious in the inconsequential and vice versa. He comes across as the kind of guy you'd love to have a drink or three with… A book that achieves the difficult feat of being light in tone, funny and human. I await his next with pleasure.' Glasgow Herald
Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?
TRAVELS IN IRISHRY
Tim Bradford
Copyright (#ulink_c9a1c10d-2b30-54f6-9baa-dbb1ed7cc6f2)
The author and publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce material: Kinky Music and R&E Music for permission to quote from ‘Before All Hell Breaks Loose’ by Kinky Friedman and Panama Red and ‘When the Lord Closes the Door (He Opens a Little Window)’ by Kinky Friedman and Jeff Shelby; Warner/Chappell Music for permission to quote from ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ by Ian Dury; BMG Music for ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ words and music by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman © BMG Music Publishing Ltd/Mike Stock Publishing Ltd/Sid’s Songs Ltd/All Boys Music Ltd (All rights reserved. Used by permission); Leeds United FC for permission to quote from The Leeds United Book of Football. Thanks to Pogue Music Ltd and Perfect Songs Ltd for permission to quote from ‘ A Rainy Night in Soho’ by Shane MacGowan.
Every reasonable effort has been made to contact copyright holders for all the extracts reproduced in this volume. The publishers apologise for any omissions and are happy to receive any emendations from copyright holders at the address below.
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First published in Great Britain by HarperPress 2000
Copyright © Tim Bradford 2000
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Source ISBN: 9780006551683
Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2016 ISBN: 9780007394685
Version: 2016-01-13
Dedication (#ulink_98235462-3226-57f8-903b-7886bcf4a6af)
To the Irish people who
have changed my life
Epigraph (#ulink_61bb32f8-cd8b-5847-aadf-dd487584b603)
But Leeds taught me something else – that
work and will to win are just as vital as any
instinctive skills you may possess.
JOHNNY GILES, Leeds United Book of Football
Today I decided not to think of you
But was betrayed by a lazy pub window.
I saw a slim tree whose delicate red leaves
Rose and fell in the Thames breeze –
A mixed-up drinker, at this time of year,
I can taste Yeats in the beer.
ROBERT GAINSBOROUGH, ‘Maude Gone Fishing’
Contents
COVER (#ueed13455-fd01-5bfd-b9e1-ec1691ba52f6)
TITLE PAGE (#u2b272e98-b999-5a42-9a5e-953d1285f904)
COPYRIGHT (#u0ae6a5af-8797-5188-8d29-cb60f0a49018)
DEDICATION (#ud3fccfec-02f1-587c-8a6f-766889bbf6f9)
EPIGRAPH (#ue81c2d49-e545-5a7e-9910-07d6e98eb0d1)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (#uc627247d-7f1e-5dab-8041-82ed3422485f)
PREFACE (#u6dcd2eb9-8269-5d1a-aab7-3b4f3c3bc0b1)
Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive? Camden Town to Camden Lock (#uf85a2ac2-acdc-54a6-b93b-834b5c7b0db0)
Irish Myths & Legends 1: How to be Irish (#u00e9379c-992f-527e-ae4e-ed90aeb77229)
FINNEGANIA (#u450e9f00-3590-5479-824a-ee7b4b1849a1)
On a Clear Day You Can See Fulham Football Ground Hammersmith (#ub1649adb-1192-5608-b089-d2aaa3b4e567)
Irish Myths & Legends 2: Irish Food (#u759e0424-e262-5466-bc34-b17f7e04f184)
VIKING TOWN (#u4d28cf50-b13a-5c89-8d93-9892e2e257c2)
Visions of Beer and Loathing on the Road to Holyhead Hammersmith to Dublin (#uc35ba46c-7225-52cf-ba07-dc722ca1d25b)
Notes on a Cultural Tour of Dublin (#udaf13f98-ea59-5252-accd-4d9049d48f6b)
The Informal Urchin-gurrier Choir of Hill 16 Croke Park (#ue278dedc-08e1-5a90-a4a7-9948b944b036)
Dublin, Fair City of Vikings, Buskers and Soaring House Prices Twenty-four quietish hours (#u80379ec5-8a20-5463-8370-28a9275b884c)
Irish Myths & Legends 3: Leprechaun (#litres_trial_promo)
ORANGE COUNTY (#litres_trial_promo)
Hungover Adventures with the Sea-Urchin-Moustachioed Guard Kildare (#litres_trial_promo)
A Cup of Tea, A Slice of Cake, I Love You Adare, County Limerick (#litres_trial_promo)
Looking for an All-Encompassing Theory of the Universe in a Hurling Match Limerick to Thurles, County Tipperary (#litres_trial_promo)
Why is there Orange in the Irish Flag? East to west Portarlington, County Laois (#litres_trial_promo)
The Search for the Celts (#litres_trial_promo)
Dunphy v. Charlton Football (#litres_trial_promo)
Irish Myths & Legends 4: Some Ancient Sagas of Magical Creatures (#litres_trial_promo)
SHANEWORLD (#litres_trial_promo)
Lost Highway – County Cork (#litres_trial_promo)
Fungie the Dolphin, Dingle, County Kerry (#litres_trial_promo)
Is Irish Music Any Good? Doolin, County Clare (#litres_trial_promo)
The Day the Earth Stood Still Limerick to Galway, County Clare (#litres_trial_promo)
Conversations with the Future Foreign Correspondent of the Irish Times Galway City (#litres_trial_promo)
Alone on Yeats’ Mountain Sligo to Benbulben round trip (#litres_trial_promo)
W. B. Yeats v. Daniel O’Donnell Around Sligo (#litres_trial_promo)
The Ian Paisley Impersonators Talk about Weapons Derry (#litres_trial_promo)
Thinking in Four-part Harmony Mullingar to Moate (#litres_trial_promo)
Irish Myths & Legends 5: Heritage Ireland (#litres_trial_promo)
MARYLAND (#litres_trial_promo)
Smelly Stuff, God, Moving Statues and Space Jockeys Ballinspittle, County Cork (#litres_trial_promo)
The Art of the Storyteller Blarney,County Cork (#litres_trial_promo)
Selling a Car in Potato Town Youghal, County Cork (#litres_trial_promo)
The Beach Tramore, County Waterford (#litres_trial_promo)
Born to be Wild (Now and Again, if I’m in the Mood) Ireland to Englishness (#litres_trial_promo)
APPENDIX: London Irish pub guide (#litres_trial_promo)
KEEP READING (#litres_trial_promo)
IRISH CROSSWORD (#litres_trial_promo)
HELPFUL IRISH MAPS (#litres_trial_promo)
INDEX (#litres_trial_promo)
SOLUTIONS (#litres_trial_promo)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (#litres_trial_promo)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR (#litres_trial_promo)
PRAISE (#litres_trial_promo)
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER (#litres_trial_promo)
List of Illustrations (#ulink_6932a233-4cf6-5d08-aadd-3309411f708c)
1 Welcome to Ireland
2 ‘Ireland’
3 Atonal Improvised Alto Saxophone
4 Morris dancing v. Irish dancing
5 Leppy
6 FINNEGANIA
7 Various: potato, wine-man, half-crazed hawker
8 ‘Sure, so what’s this squiggly bit, then?’
9 My Great, Great Grandfather the Horseperson
10 Pseudo-Sean and his Joycean chat-up
11 A dancing ‘Gerry Adams’
