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Ireland (Irish: Éire) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth. Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, in the northeast of the island. In 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.4 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
Links To Peel
Article from a 1970 Irish magazine, the New Spotlight.
Peel's connection to the country was linked to his wife Sheila, who is of Irish descent. He took his first holiday with her in Ireland in 1969 with Andy Roberts and Adrian Henri of The Liverpool Scene. Peel seemed to discover Thin Lizzy in 1971, when he met singer Phil Lynott and the rest of the band on a ferry between Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead. During the 1970s, Irish folk music became a regular part of Peel's playlists, with sessions from artists such as the Chieftains and Planxty. As with his liking for reggae, this led to the DJ receiving racist hate mail from a few listeners.
He spent a day in Dublin in February 1979, returning there that summer to see Status Quo headline an all-day music festival. ln the 90's Peel mentioned on his 15 September 1999 show that he took advantage of the change in schedule when BBC Radio One decided to broadcast a Supergrass concert in place of his programme to go to Dublin for the weekend with Sheila.
Sessions
The following artists from the Republic of Ireland recorded sessions for the John Peel Show:
- A House: (2 sessions, 1987-1992)
- Boomtown Rats: (2 sessions, 1977-1978)
- Bothy Band: (3 sessions, 1976-1978)
- Cane 141: (1 session, 2001)
- Chieftains: (5 sessions, 1970-1975)
- Cranberries: (1 session, 1992)
- De Dannan (1 session, 1978)
- Dr. Strangely Strange: (1 session, 1970)
- Fatima Mansions: (2 sessions, 1989-1990)
- Finbar and Eddie Furey: (3 sessions, 1972-1974)
- Frank And Walters: (1 session, 1991)
- Rory Gallagher: (2 sessions, 1973)
- Gilbert: (1 session, 1968)
- Christie Hennessy: (1 session, 1974)
- Hey Paulette: (1 session, 1989)
- Hitchers: (1 session, 1997)
- Horslips: (3 sessions, 1973-1974)
- Jubilee Allstars: (1 session, 1996)
- Luggage: (1 session, 1995)
- Microdisney: (6 sessions, 1983-1986)
- My Bloody Valentine: (1 session, 1988)
- Na Fili: (3 sessions, 1973-1976)
- Pet Lamb: (2 sessions, 1994-1995)
- Planxty: (3 sessions, 1972-1973)
- Rollerskate Skinny: (1 session, 1993)
- Rumble: (1 session, 1996)
- Sewing Room: (1 session, 1996)
- Sharon Shannon: (1 session, 1994)
- Skid Row: (1 session, 1970)
- Stars Of Heaven: (4 sessions, 1986-1988)
- Stump[1]: (4 sessions, 1986-1988)
- Sultans Of Ping F.C.: (1 session, 1992)
- Taste: (1 session, 1970)
- Thin Lizzy: (11 sessions, 1971-1977)
- Tír na nÓg: (4 sessions, 1972-1973)
- Vipers: (1 session, 1979)
- Gay And Terry Woods: (2 sessions, 1975-1978)
- Would Be's: (1 session, 1990)
- Zerra 1: (2 sessions, 1983)
Festive Fifty
The following artists from the Republic of Ireland had Festive Fifty entries for the John Peel Show:
- Boomtown Rats: Looking After Number One #39 (1977 Festive Fifty)
- Burning Love Jumpsuit: Cheerleader #41 (2002 Festive Fifty)
- Fatima Mansions: Blues For Ceaucescu #33 (1990 Festive Fifty)
- Frank And Walters: Happy Bus Man #31 (1992 Festive Fifty)
- Hitchers: Strachan #21 (1997 Festive Fifty)
- My Bloody Valentine: Feed Me With Your Kiss #17 (1988 Festive Fifty) / You Made Me Realise #06 (1988 Festive Fifty) / Soon #02 (1990 Festive Fifty) / To Here Knows When #37 (1991 Festive Fifty) / Feed Me With Your Kiss #27 (All Time 2000 Festive Fifty) / Soon #16 (All Time 2000 Festive Fifty) / In Another Way #37 (2013 Festive Fifty)
- Stump: Charlton Heston #35 (1988 Festive Fifty)
- Thin Lizzy: Emerald (Live) #49 (1978 Festive Fifty)
- U2: New Year's Day #41 (1983 Festive Fifty)
- Would Be's: I'm Hardly Ever Wrong #12 (1990 Festive Fifty)
See Also
External Links
- Footnotes
- ↑ Anglo-Irish indie/experimental/rock group featuring former Microdisney members Mick Lynch (vocals) and Rob McKahey (drums), along with Kev Hopper (bass) and Chris Salmon (guitar)
