How Ireland Rocked the '70s

In 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also feat... Read allIn 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also featuring a handful of emerging Irish 'beat groups', a nascent Thin Lizzy among them. The even... Read allIn 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also featuring a handful of emerging Irish 'beat groups', a nascent Thin Lizzy among them. The event was a commercial disaster. But by the end of the decade, following examples set in the U... Read all