by Tim Bradford
Australia/Australians 42, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 72, 84, 110, 129, 131, 146, 198, 220, 229, 237
Australian Rules Football 61–7
B*witched 176
babe-magnet 40
balls (being tickled) 58
‘Banner County’ 131
Barney the Cocktail Maker 103
Battenburg Cake 72
BBC 1
Beamish 153
Bean, Sean 70
Beatles, The 174
Beckett, Samuel 220
beer 52, 129; beer-fuelled dreams 59–60
Behan, Brendan 54, 188
Belborough, Lord 174
Benbulben 209–221
Best, George 141–2
Betty Ford Clinic 134
big-legged farmers 124
big-nosed farmers 111
bikini (Irish flag) 71
Billy, King 238, 239
Birmingham 41, 44
Birmingham Six, The 73
bits of old machinery 276
bitter and twisted 157
Blackstock Arms 289
Blanchflower, Danny 141
blood sucking 164
Bloody Sunday 234, 285
‘Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain’ 227
blue waterproof jacket 43, 211
bodhrán 172
body-piercing 53, 55
bog 65
Bogside 234
Boland, Harry 53
bombs 47
Bono 54, 79, 80
Boru, Brian 154, 178–9
Bosanquet, Reginald 36
The Boston Arms (Tufnell Park) 232
Boswell, James 36, 88
Bowler, Dave 174
Boyzone 54, 176
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros 22
Boycott, Sir Geoff 107
Boy 79
Boyle, Sir Robert 266
Brady, Liam 143
Braveheart 137
breasts 83, 121
Breton 104
bridge 87–8
Brisbane Road 189
British army 147
Brown, Tony 119
Brumpton, Les 173
Bryson, Bill 163
Budweiser 49
Burton, Richard 218
Bush, George 220
Byrne, Gabriel 199
Cabaret Voltaire 39
Callaghans 290
Camberwick Green 174
Camden 1, 136
Camelot 169
camshaft wheelie gauge 39
Cant, Brian 173
Cantii 173
Captain Fantastic and Mrs Black 34
Carp of Clever Things 169
Carrickfergus 218
cars 215–221
Carson, Frank 106
Carthaginian fish sellers 135
Cassady, Neal 17, 35–7
Cassidy, David 35, 75
Catholic Church Industrial Holdings plc 6
Catholicism 54, 230
Celtic FC 37, 203, 238
Celts 57, 77, 78, 80, 86, 104, 106, 119, 134–40, 143–44, 169, 171, 176, 194, 210, 222, 231, 236–7, 240, 246, 280, 284
Celtic Poets, The 176
Celtworld 139–40
Charles I, King 201
Charlton, Jack 141
Chinese food 112, 114, 159, 202
Citizen Kane 21
civil war 81
Claddagh, The 186
Clare 63, 115–6, 118–27, 167–81
Clarke, Allan 190
Clash, The 173, 176, 197
Clayton, Adam 79–80
Clerkenwell 219
Clift, Montgomery 184
Clohessy, Peter 114
Clockwork Orange 75
cod-Jamaican accents 37
Coleman, Kev 141–146
Coleman, Ornette 39, 79
Coleman, Tom 142–3
Collins, Michael 27, 53, 54
Collins, Phil 41
Cooper-Clarke, John 58
Cork City 267
Comedians, The 47
communitarianism 174
Connery, Sean 190
Cook, Robin 100
Cork 36, 83, 84, 106–7, 153–58, 201
Corrs, The 176
cosmology 55
Costello, Lou 36, 44
country music 41, 231
craic, the 281
crazy & beautiful single women 50
Crazy Horse Club 190
cricket 64, 67
Croke Park 61–7
Cromwell, Oliver 201–2, 266
Crosby, Bing 36, 280
Crowded House 100
crucifixion 13
CúChulainn 123
Curragh, The (County Kildare) 95
Daleks 182
Daly, Willie 185
Dana 59
Daniels, Paul 105, 208
Davis, Geena 44
De Valera, Eamon 53–4, 129
Deep Purple tribute band 76
Dick Mac’s (Dingle) 160
Diggers 201
Dingle (County Kerry) 159–65
Divorce Referendum 54
Dr Who 182
dodgems 278
Dolan, Joe 223
dolphin 159
Donaghy, Michael 164–6
Donegal 214, 222
Doneraille, Lord 275
Doolin (County Clare) 167–81, 241–2, 245
Dracula, Count 212
druids 121, 135
Drumcliffe (County Sligo) 221
drummer out of u2 80
Dublin 33, 454, 48, 49, 50–88, 95, 102, 106–7, 142, 160, 199, 277
The Dubliners 178
Dylan, Bob 41, 84, 174
Dun Laoghaire 49
Dundrum (Dublin) 49, 51, 86
Dukes of Hazzard, The 99
Dukey, 73
Dunphy, Eamon 106, 278
Duran Duran 86
Easy Rider 35, 97
Edge, The 79–80
egg mayonnaise sandwich 211, 214
electro-magnetic tramp forces 15
Elvis 222
English tourists 156–7, 198
Enistymon (County Clare) 174
Ennis (County Clare) 174
Enniskillen (County Fermanagh) 161
Errata (Donaghy) 165
Euro 88 3, 144
Eu subsidies 156, 158
Eurobuskers 170
Eurotourists 68, 74, 83, 160
evil music spirits 245
ex u-Boat captain 115–16
faeries 89
‘Far, Far From Home’ 227
Fenian 81
feng-shui 215
ferry 282
fiddle 180–1
Fiddledance 136
fighting 65–6, 112–3, 285
Financial Times, the 165
Finbar the Lobster of Moral Outrage 147
Finnegania 20
Finnegan’s Wake 21
Finnegans Wake (Joyce) 21
Fir Bolgs 89, 123
First Potato Town of Ireland 266
fish 135, 278–9
Fisherstreet (County Clare) 168
Fitzgeralds (Earls of Desmond) 100, 113
flirting with chicks (in roadside tourist giftshops) 35
Fly, The 44
flying-jacketed soothsayer 76
fnah sna a gorma 104
football 5, 86, 105, 123, 141–6
Fonda, Peter 36, 97
Ford, Betty (Clinic) 134
Ford Escort 25, 157
Ford Fiesta 13
‘Forty Shades of Green’ 218
fragile middle-class housewives 165
free jazz 39
Freemasons 3
Freud, Lucien 175
fridges 278
Fungie (the dolphin) 159–161
G major 244
GAA 55, 61–2, 119, 122, 273
gaelic 104, 175, 183, 191
gaelic football 55, 59, 61–7, 127
Gaia Appreciation Workshops 134
Gall, Sandy 36
Galway 63, 104, 182, 185, 186–207
Galway, James 185
Gébler, Carlo 161
German goth 170
Germans 83–4, 199–201, 210, 220, 247
Gibson, Mel 137
Giles, Johnny 106, 141–2
girl from The Cranberries 114
ginger hair 6
gitar 244
Givens, Don 142
Glass Curtain, The (Gebler) 161
glasswarephobia 279
Glastonbury 58, 135, 140
goatee beards 83, 266
God 14, 54, 71, 103–4, 285
Godfather, The 182
Goldblum, Jeff 44
Gonne, Maud 53
The Grand Hotel (Tramore) 278
Grafton Street 52, 84
Graham, George 190
Granger, Farley 184
The Great Fiddle Mystery 180–1
The Great Lincolnshire Graphic Novel 190
‘The Great Hunger’ 176
Green Card 75
Gregory, Lady 119
Guardian, the 72
Guinness 5, 20, 52, 59, 79, 122–3, 129, 137, 160, 166, 169, 172, 198, 246–7, 284
‘Guns of Brixton’ 197
gurriers 61–7
Hammersmith 11–12, 14–16, 19–20, 22–3, 25, 33, 38, 277, 284
Hammersmith Irish Centre 19
Hanger Lane 41
Hapsburgs 72
Harp (lager) 122, 156
Harris, Richard 114
Haughey, Charles 53, 81
Hawking, Stephen 3
Hayek, Salma 120
Hayes Hotel (Thurles) 121
Hendrix, Jimmy 84
‘heritage’ 88
Heritage Ireland 246–7
Higgins, Hurricane 97
hitcher 42–3, 49
Hill 16 61–7
Hill, Paul 179
hippies 83
Holyhead 45, 48
Hopper, Dennis 36, 88
horsepeople 17, 195
Hotmail 72
Houghton, Ray 144
houses 275–7
Hoxton 23, 219
How Green Was My Valley (Llewellyn)75
Howth (County Dublin) 106
Hughes, Sean 17–18
Huguenots 129
Human League 86
human sacrifice 135
hurling 115–127
‘I Know One’ 227
‘I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen’ 227
Ian Paisley Impersonators 233–40
Innisfree 224
internet 242
IRA 20, 49, 238
Irish Independent, the 156, 219
Irish music 172
Irish Post, the 107
Irish Times, the 72, 78, 198, 203
ironic stereotypes 285
‘Isle of Innisfree’ 227
Jagger, Mick 47
James II, King 234
jazz, free 39
Jesus 13, 54 229
jockeys 36, 64, 90
jockey genitalia 90
Jockser 55
‘Johnny’ 20
Johnson, Samuel 36, 52, 88
Joyce, James 18, 21, 112, 163, 221
Juno and the Paycock (O’Casey) 55
Kant, Immanuel 174
karate 53
Kavanagh, Patrick 54, 165
Keane, Dolores 219
Keane, John B. 16, 189, 284
Keane, Robbie 54
Keane, Roy 54, 86, 104
Kells, Book of 51–2
Kerouac, Jack 17, 35–7, 45, 50, 52, 58, 163, 284
Kerrygold 27
Kevin the Carp of Storytelling 148
Kidman, Nicole 22, 284
Kilkenny 63, 246
kiln-fired dogshit 246
Kimberley, Chocolate 27–8
Kind Lady with Computer 101
kindly pipe-smoking uncles 163
King Billy/William 238–9
King of the Tinkers 15
King of the Tinkers (Lynch) 83
Kinski, Klaus 212
Knocknarea (County Sligo) 210, 227
Knorr soup 34
Krapp’s Last Tape (Beckett) 220
Kray twins 11
Kyle, Jackie 274
Ladbroke Grove 23
lager 16, 68, 71 111
Lambretta 112
Land that Time Forgot, The 206
Langford’s record shop 173
Leeds United 239
Leenane Trilogy (MacDonough) 189
leprechaun 19, 36, 38, 43, 46, 49, 89, 97, 153, 232, 273, 282
leylines 169
Leyton 23
Limerick 13, 111–118
Limerick Leader, the 100
Lincoln City FC 119
Lincolnshire 14, 38–9, 68, 77, 106, 128, 173, 214, 219, 234
‘Little Piece of Heaven, A’ 227
Liverpool FC 137
Livingstone, Ken 58
Lloyd, Emily 70
‘London Rain’ 176
London Transport Police 84
London’s Burning 173
Lonesome West, The (MacDonough) 185, 187, 190, 195
Lord Doneraille, The (Tramore) 275
Lord of the Blarney 136
Louth 56
Luftwaffe-issue lumberjack shirt 69
M25 41
Mac Cool, Finn 146–48
MacGarrigle’s 174
MacGowan, Shane 2, 165, 182, 286
mad eyes 114
Maeve, Queen 210
‘Magic Roundabout, The’ 47
Malignant Flanagan 165
Mallow (County Cork)
mammy’s boy 221–3
Man Called Horse, A 238
Manchester United FC 56, 58, 71, 104, 137, 239
Mansell, Nigel 44
Manx 104
Maria-Rua 178–9
Marie-Claude (Bertillon) 105
Market Rasen 173
‘Market Rasen’ 176
Marley, Bob 168
Marquis of Queensbury 213
Mars! 178–9
Martello Tower 53, 59
Martin, Dean 36
Mary, Virgin 54
Mary-Beth 101
Matchmaking Festival 184
Matthews, Tom 191–5
Mayo 44, 223
McCarthy, Mick 145
McCormac, Ted 178
McDermott’s (Doolin) 168, 178
McDonagh, Martin 185, 188, 190
McDowell, Andi 75
McDowell, Malcolm 75
McDowell, Roddy 75
McGann’s (Doolin) 168, 170
McGarry, PC (no. 452) 174–5
McGoverns 292
McGrath, Paul 137, 145
McGuinness, Martin 120, 233
memory 33–5, 52, 202, 240
Mercia 77
Mercury, Freddie 135
Mexico City 194, 210
Michael Collins 53
middle-class families with over-sensitive daughters 89
Milligan, Spike 173
Miltown Malbay (County Clare) 179
Miss Galway 195, 204–7
monks 52
‘Moonlight & Roses’ 228
Moore, Christy 96, 175, 184, 216
Moore, Roger 190
Morecombe & Wise 44
Moate (County Westmeath) 241–5
motorways 41
mountains 50, 109, 208, 209–11
‘Mountains of Morne’ 227
moustaches 43, 132
moving statues 211
Mullingar (County Westmeath) 224, 241–5
multiple orgasms 6
Murray, Lorcan 204
Muswell Hill 23
‘My Favourite Memory’ 227
‘My Heart Skips a Beat’ 227
mystic-joy-in-the-utter-melancholy-of-life 170
N15 209–10
N25 153
Narnia 246
nationalism 57–8
New Labour 58
New Orleans 220, 234
New Romantics 86
New York 234
Ne
wgrange 246
nipple studs 55
nipples 206
Noakes, John 36
Normans 167
North Kesteven 189
Norwich 269
Nosferatu 212
Nottingham Forest FC 189
Nymphomaniac Jazz Chicks (Bradford) 218
O’Casey, Sean 188
O’Connell Street (Dublin) 68, 82
O’Connor, Jamesie 119, 126
O’Connor, Sinéad 54, 176
O’Connor’s (Doolin) 168, 179
O’Donnell, Daniel 222–235
O’Donoghues (Dublin) 87
O’Hehir, Michel 106
O’Leary, David 87, 106, 144
O’Reilly, Tony 27
O’Sullivan, Sonia 145
Offaly 63
‘Old Days Remembered’ 227
Old Firm 238
old fridges 278
old lady drivers 156, 158
old men 114, 117, 123
Old Spice 23
On the Road (Kerouac) 35, 40, 50
orgasmic laughter 269
Orwell, George 17
Our Lady 140, 159, 169, 215, 247
Out of Africa 120
Pacino, Al 182
‘Pair of Brown Eyes, A’ 170
Paisley, Ian 20, 106, 233, 236
Parsons, Gram 95
patriotism 239
PC McGarry (no. 452) 174–5
peace process 56
‘Peaceful Easy Feeling’ 244
Penn, Sean 241
Peppard, George 163
Perkins, Anthony 75
Perry, Lee 173
Pete the Fiddle Player 220
Peters, Mike 197
pheromones 245
Pierre-White, Marco 242
Pippin 36
piss 153, 156, 114
Playaway 173
Plendy 1, 73, 144, 244
Podborski, Steve 214
Pogues, The 165, 170
Polexfens 222
pony-tailed Germans 168
porridge 72
Portarlington (County Laoise) 128–33
Portillo, Michael 234
Postive, Mr. 216
Pot Black 173
potato 5, 22, 266–72, 273, 285
Powers (Tramore) 281
‘Prince Albert’ 55
protestants 128–9, 230, 238. 277, 285
Proust, Marcel 112
Psycho 75
pubs 12, 20, 22, 23, 24, 52, 55, 61, 123, 289–97
puke 14, 19
punk 58, 83
Purves, Peter 36
quantum physics 127
RAF 56, 133
raggle-taggle gypsy 21
Raleigh, Sir Walter 266
Ramsey, Alf 141
Rangers, Glasgow FC 237
Rathcormac (County Sligo) 210
Real Ibiza Trance House 72
Real Irish parents 76
red;
carpet 23;
-faced beardy 109–10, 214;
face 23;
hair 23, 116;
lemonade 28, 243;