#OTD in 1949 – Birth of Thin Lizzy lead singer, Phil Lynott.

20/08/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Image | When asked by a journalist what it felt like to be black and Irish, Phil quipped, “Kinda like a pint of Guinness”. Irish rock star, bassist, singer and founder of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott is born in England to single mom Philomena Lynott. At about age four, Lynott moved to Dublin to live with […]

#OTD in 1952 – Birth of rock guitarist, Gary Moore, in Belfast.

04/04/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Gary Moore was a guitar prodigy who was mentored in his teens by Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac. Green gave Moore his 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar after he left Fleetwood Mac. In Dublin, Moore joined the group Skid Row with Noel Bridgeman and Brendan “Brush” Shiels. It was with this group that he earned […]

#OTD in Irish History | 6 February:

06/02/2023.Reading time 15 minutes.

797 – Death of High King of Ireland, Donnchad mac Domnaill, called Donnchad Midi. His father, Domnall Midi, had been the first Uí Néill High King from the south-central Clann Cholmáin based in modern Co Westmeath and western Co Meath. 1685 – Coronation of King James II. He was King of England and Ireland as […]

#OTD in 1986 – Death of singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, Phil Lynott.

04/01/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Irish rock star, bassist, singer and founder of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott dies. Lynott originally played with Skid Row, (the Irish band featuring Gary Moore, Brush Shiels, Noel Bridgeman). Lynott had significant success with Thin Lizzy. The band’s first major hit was a rock version of Whiskey in the Jar, but are probably best known […]

#OTD in Irish History | 19 December:

19/12/2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

1751 – The Irish Parliament authorises application of a revenue surplus to the reduction of the national debt which causes a dispute between the House of Commons and the Government. 1813 – Thomas Andrews, scientist and research chemist, is born in Belfast. 1864 – Birth of William Plunket in Dublin. He was Governor of New […]

Róisín Dubh (Black Rose) by Phil Lynott

01/10/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

The song was inspired by Phil Lynott’s fascination with Irish history and Celtic mythology, and ironically was to become his epitaph. Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas da anam. ‘Róisín Dubh (Black Rose)’Phil Lynott Tell me the legends of long agoWhen the kings and queens would danceIn the realm of the Black RosePlay me the melodies I […]

#OTD in 1949 – Birth of Thin Lizzy lead singer, Phil Lynott.

20/08/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1952 – Birth of rock guitarist, Gary Moore, in Belfast.

04/04/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History | 6 February:

06/02/2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

#OTD in 1986 – Death of singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, Phil Lynott.

04/01/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

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