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