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The Service at Coughlans Bar

Post author By Donncha
Post date April 10, 2023
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Members of the band, "The Service" performing on stage in Coughlans Bar.

Last Saturday night, I had the opportunity to see ‘The Service’ perform live at Coughlan’s Bar on Douglas Street, and I must say it was a truly unforgettable experience. The atmosphere created by the band’s performance of Ska music from the early 80s was electrifying, and the audience loved it.

For those unfamiliar with Ska music, it originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and became popular in the UK and Ireland during the 2 Tone movement in the late 1970s and early 80s. Ska is characterized by a syncopated beat, horn section, and upbeat tempo. It has been influential in the development of many modern music genres, such as reggae, punk rock, and hip-hop.

The Service’s performance was a tribute to this influential era of music, and they did an excellent job of capturing the energy and excitement of the genre. It’s impossible to listen to this music and not start bouncing up and down with the beat!

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	8000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Tags Cork, Coughlan's Bar, gallery, Ireland, Music, Photo, Ska Music, Sony A7 III

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On Stage in Coughlan’s Bar

Post author By Donncha
Post date November 6, 2022
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677. On Friday night I was out in a pub watching live music. An unfortunately rare occurrence.

Fintan Lucy and Lynda Cullen sang together, accompanied by Martin Leahy and later by Dee Power. It was a wonderful night in front of a packed crowd in a small room.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/30s

Tags #IrishMastodon, Cork, Coughlan's Bar, Ireland, Music, Photo, Sony A7 III

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Korey Power on Patrick Street

Post author By Donncha
Post date November 4, 2022
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My wife and I came across Korey Power singing on Patrick Street, in front of Brown Thomas. A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered to listen. He has a great voice!

Yes, a gentleman in the background was dancing and enjoying the music too. Did a fine job of it!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Tags busking, Cork, entertainer, Ireland, Music, musicians, Photo, Sony A7 III, Street Photography

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Susan Ann Sulley of The Human League

Post author By Donncha
Post date November 2, 2022
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Way back in 2012, The Human League played in Cork. Here’s a photo of singer, Susan Ann Sulley that night. Phil Oakey is to her right but I decided she should have the attention in this photo!

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	144mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/80s

Tags Beamish & Crawford, Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Music, Photo, singer, Susan Ann Sulley, The Human League

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Hank and Ray in Charlies Bar

Post author By Donncha
Post date September 27, 2022
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Hank Wedel and Ray Barron in Charlies Bar last night. There wasn’t a huge crowd but the music was oh so good. So good to hear Hank and Ray play again as we haven’t been in Charlies since before the pandemic started.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/30s

Tags Charlies Bar, Cork, hank wedel, Ireland, Music, Photo, Sony A7 III

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Fred Fans in the Spiegeltent

Post author By Donncha
Post date September 25, 2022
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Fans of Cork band, Fred, enjoying a concert in The Spiegeltent, in June 2006.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/60s

Tags Canon 20D, Cork, Fred, Ireland, Music, spiegeltent, Street Photography

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Pet Shop Boys at the Marquee

Post author By Donncha
Post date June 23, 2022
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The Pet Shop Boys played to a capacity crowd in the Marquee, Cork, last night and it was a great night. We bought the tickets originally in 2019 for a 2020 show but then the COVID19 pandemic happened and everything was cancelled that year.

The Examiner has a great write up of the concert (archive.org copy) of the event.

The British electro-pop duo were anything but boring, attracting a packed crowd that ranged across all ages, with families, groups of friends, and couples all bopping and clapping side by side through the night.
If fans have learned anything over the Pet Shop Boys’ 40-year long career, it’s that Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe know how to put on a show, and from the moment they sauntered on stage wearing their mad-scientist inspired outfits they had the audience in the palms of their talented hands.
Martha Brennan, Examiner.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	2500
Shutter speed	1/250s

Tags Cork, Ireland, Marquee, Music, Pet Shop Boys, Photo, Sony A7 III

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Flash Harry in 2021

A few more photos of Flash Harry from their September 2021 performance in the Opera House, Cork. They played there recently but I didn’t get to see them. They are a great Queen tribute band however. Go see them if you can!

Posting these because I wanted to test out Topaz Denoise on some high ISO noisy images. It did a fabulous job cleaning them up!

Mike Gray posted some great photos of musicians performing on his Twitter account, and he said he used DXO PureRAW. I was going to try the free trial of that but since I already had Denoise I wanted to give that a proper go at these images. Very happy with it too.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	98mm
ISO	16000
Shutter speed	1/640s

Tags Cork, Cork Opera House, Flash Harry, Ireland, Music, Photo, queen, Sony A7 III

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Ceol on the back of a pickup

Post author By Donncha
Post date December 21, 2021
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Achill Island, Co Mayo in July 2019. We joined the residents of Dooagh for a walk into the surrounding countryside. Halfway through there was refreshments and music and on a lovely July day it was glorious.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/400s

Tags Achill Island, Dooagh, Ireland, Mayo, Music, Photo, Sony A7 III

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Flash Harry at the Cork Opera House

Post author By Donncha
Post date September 25, 2021
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A much delayed concert by Queen tribute band, Flash Harry, in Cork went ahead tonight in Cork Opera House and it was worth the wait. The band were great and had everyone dancing around by the end of the night!

Mask wearing by the audience started out well but by the interval hardly anyone I saw was wearing one. I guess that probably happens at every venue. People are sick of restrictions, but the pandemic isn’t over yet. While the auditorium appeared quite full our row of seats was mostly empty, and the rows ahead of us were packed. So I’d believe they’re limiting attendance to 60% of capacity. Things go back to normal on October 22nd.

As I’ve said before, if Flash Harry are playing near you go check them out!

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	63mm
ISO	6400
Shutter speed	1/400s

Tags Cork, Cork Opera House, Flash Harry, Ireland, Music, Photo, queen, Sony A7 III

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Clannad 50th Anniversary Farewell Tour in Cork

Post author By Donncha
Post date April 10, 2020
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Clannad, the Irish band that is this year celebrating 50 years together began the year with a Farewell Tour. They played in the Opera House in Cork in early March when I saw them and they were great. I didn’t know much of their music beyond the obvious themes to Robin Hood or the Harry’s Game but I’m a fan since!

Hopefully they will be able to continue their tour but as of now, from a snapshot of their site from March 28th they have rescheduled shows up to the end of May. I’d say it’s likely they’ll have to postpone even more of those shows unfortunately.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	28mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/60s

Tags Clannad, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Music, opera-house, People, Photo, Photography, Sony A7 III

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Flash Harry at the Opera House

Post author By Donncha
Post date February 2, 2020
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This was my fourth time seeing Flash Harry perform, and third time in the Cork Opera House and they brought the house down as they always do. The first half was sedate with a good mix of well known and more obscure Queen songs. I loved their rendition of ’39. After a brief interlude where we were told cups of tea were consumed, and not some illicit drug the band took it up a notch with great versions of Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Gaga, I Want to Break Free and many other hits!

The band are touring Ireland this year with lots of gigs announced. If they play near you go see them! You’re guaranteed a great night!

For more, check out my Flash Harry archive of photos.

For the photographers in the audience. All the photos were shot with a Sony A7III, and and adapted Tamron 28-300 “super zoom” which unfortunately doesn’t focus that well. As a result I used back-button-focus since the performers were mostly standing in the same general area, and I wasn’t moving from my seat so it worked well!

Tags Cork, Cork Opera House, Cork Photos, Flash Harry, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Music, People, Photo, Photography, queen