5 Things for the Week Ahead: Garth Brooks at Croker, Clonakilty Guitar Fest
Pictured at Croke Park is Garth Brooks who will play the GAA mecca for the next two weekends.
Seán Keating’s group portrait, Men of the South, was completed a century ago this year. The painting, which has become an icon of the period, was created in the long shadow of the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) when, during the truce of 11 July 1921, members of the Cork No. 2 Brigade visited the artist’s Dublin studio.
This exhibition seeks to place the painting in context - and provides a rare opportunity to encounter the work with its companion painting, An IRA Column (1921), on loan from Áras an Uachtaráin.
Oscar-winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action and CGI retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
A massive array of guitar-toting outfits, from international names like Xylouris White and Teke Teke, to homegrown heroes like Post-Punk Podge & the Technohippies and Robocobra Quartet, join favourites like Andy Irvine and John Spillane on this year's billing in the West Cork town.
Whether you're a dyed-in-the-denim fan of the Oklahoman country machine, or still at a loss to explain his Ireland-specific popularity, it looks like Garth Brooks is finally, going to play Croker after all.
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