Prince: Uninspiring Cork concert left Leesiders less than impressed in the summer of 1990

The summer of 1990 is fondly recalled in Ireland by those of a certain age, and especially so in Cork.

That three-month period was dominated, to a large extent, by Ireland’s exploits at the World Cup Finals in Italy and, at home, by Cork’s quest for an unlikely All-Ireland hurling and football double.

But easily the biggest crowd to gather in Páirc Uí Chaoimh during 1990 came not to hail Cork’s hurling and football heroes but, rather, a diminutive American performer with the physical cut of Joe Deane and who presented more with the attitude of a Kieran Donaghy, as a self-styled bling-dripper.