Tom Dunne: When Kneecap’s 'exciting fun world' strayed into the 'real, no craic at all' world

“It’s political, it’s exciting, its hip hop and, incredibly, unbelievably, it’s in Irish. What’s not to like?” — how I described Kneecap to my family months ago

Tom Dunne: “This is post Good Friday. It’s Kneecap’s Norn Iron now.” Picture: Larry Cummins

Kneecap, over the course of the last six months, became our ‘family band’... the most requested on long drives, the one band we all agreed on. They and Fontaines DC. But the Fontaines weren’t teaching my children Irish, so Mo Chara & Co nudged it.

Hence, when they caught the world’s attention at Coachella, my reaction was one of almost parental discomfort. “What have those young bucks done now?” I exclaimed.