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Throwback Thursday: I snuck out to see the Dixies...but the car crashed on the way home

Throwback Thursday: I snuck out to see the Dixies...but the car crashed on the way home

Thu, 15 Oct, 2026

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN recalls the dance hall days of the past, and one reader recounts a remarkable memory of a visit to the Arc

Throwback Thursday: The rise and fall of a North Cork dance hall

Throwback Thursday: The rise and fall of a North Cork dance hall

Thu, 01 Oct, 2026

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears about the dancing heyday of the Anglum Hall in Glanworth, which was open from 1924 to the 70s

Tribute to legendary Cork show band singer as he reaches 80

Tribute to legendary Cork show band singer as he reaches 80

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021

Art Supple from East Cork marked his 80th birthday this week

John Arnold: As Dickie bows out, it’s truly the end of a showband era

John Arnold: As Dickie bows out, it’s truly the end of a showband era

Thu, 25 Nov, 2021

Dickie Rock has retired from singing aged 84. John Arnold looks back at his career, as great memories linger

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