Doing it yourself: How three Cork indie artists are making a go of music

For the majority of Irish musicians, necessity has been the mother of invention in every aspect of their craft. Mike McGrath-Bryan speaks with three Cork musicians about the realities of getting your music to the wider world 

L-R: Big Boy Foolish's Ricky Dineen, Sarah O'Moore and Thomas Kitt - three artists making a go of music on the independent level

RICKY DINEEN (BIG BOY FOOLISH) 

“We hadn’t given it much thought at all, and then the pandemic came along,” confides Gurranabraher man Ricky Dineen on the beginnings of Cork post-punk duo Big Boy Foolish.