Tom Dunne: Kinsale weekend allowed me immerse again in the brilliance of the Fab Four 

I spent a joyous few days in Co Cork digging deep on the greatest band in the history of popular music 
Tom Dunne: Kinsale weekend allowed me immerse again in the brilliance of the Fab Four 

Tom Dunne in Kinsale recently with Beatles Festival organisers Ciaran Fitzgerald, Anthony Collins and Patrick Ryan. Picture: John Allen

Given the ubiquity, the sheer amount of product, books, documentaries and films that still emanate from the universe of a band that broke up over five decades ago I wondered something: If I didn’t name the band in this article would you be able to work it out. Of course you would.

I will admit I have an ulterior motive for this. I think, such is the abundance and frequency of new material on this band, that many, if they saw the name in print again might wonder “What? More stuff?” and possible jog on. And they’d be jogging past so much truly great new stuff.

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