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Title: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Bobber on October 15, 2008, 02:57:40 PM: The Beatles And Ireland is a new book exploring The Beatles' Irish connections, including eyewitness accounts of the two gigs they played here.

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Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: BlueMeanie on October 16, 2008, 07:45:30 AM: Congratulations, you win the prize for being the first person this week to start a thread in the correct forum!!
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Bobber on October 16, 2008, 07:48:38 AM: Quote from: 483
Congratulations, you win the prize for being the first person this week to start a thread in the correct forum!!

I thought 'It's a book. So, I suppose I should put this under 'books'.' Although I hesitated for a moment: I was also thinking of posting it in Paul Doherty's Mailbox, but I couldn't find that. :)
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: BlueMeanie on October 16, 2008, 07:53:30 AM: I can't remember, but I thought they played in Belfast?
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Bobber on October 16, 2008, 08:00:22 AM: Dublin and Belfast, 7 and 8 November 1963.
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: pc31 on October 22, 2008, 09:13:33 PM: john was of irish decent....read walls and bridges,the album.....
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Kaleidoscope_Eyes on October 23, 2008, 07:34:18 AM: Quote from: 284
john was of irish decent....read walls and bridges,the album.....

And he also said it a few times... If I am not mistaken, Ringo is the only one who isn't of an Irish decent
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Jane on October 23, 2008, 06:49:51 PM: Was Paul of Irish descent?
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: HeyJude18 on October 23, 2008, 06:57:58 PM: Quote
McCartney (a variant of Macartney or MacCartney) is a surname that originated in Ireland

That's from Wikipedia though... Then again it goes on to say that the original McCartney's split off between Ireland and Scotland
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Jane on October 23, 2008, 08:03:19 PM: Thank you, HeyJude18!
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: HeyJude18 on October 23, 2008, 11:25:50 PM: My pleasure. Now if I could use Wikipedia for everything.

Here's the link for it if anyone wants to check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCartney
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: pc31 on October 24, 2008, 09:44:37 AM: becareful tho because whimpypeg is written by the public and sometimes it is innaccurate....
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Paul Doherty on October 24, 2008, 02:24:53 PM: Cheers Bobber,will def be getting this!

I had an aunt who was at the Belfast show,and another who couldnt buy a ticket,so my grandfather brought her down to watch the crowds (torture?). Works out where thye were standing teh Beatles nipped out and had a quick smoke.....soe she was thrilled to see them! ha

There is a youtube video of the beatles in belfast also I've seen..

Good stuff!
Title: Re: The Beatles And Ireland
Post by: Bobber on October 27, 2008, 10:30:01 AM: You're welcome. I'm pretty sure someone posted a YouTube-link to an interview with the Beatles in Ireland a while ago.