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How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021)
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How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021)

Documentary

In 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also featuring a handful of emerging Irish 'beat groups', ...See moreIn 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also featuring a handful of emerging Irish 'beat groups', a nascent Thin Lizzy among them. The event was a commercial disaster. But by the end of the decade, following examples set in the U.S. and in Britain, a handful of other rock music festivals had taken place across Ireland, most notably at Dalymount Park in Dublin, Macroom, County Cork, Lisdoonvarna in County Clare, Leixlip, County Kildare and Carnsore Point in County Wexford. This documentary looks at the evolution of the festival circuit in Ireland during the 1970s, a decade in which rock music - national and international - began to take real root here. Against a backdrop of political instability, the greater penetration of popular culture into Ireland saw, by the end of the 1970s, the development of a nascent national scene and the emergence of a golden generation of local bands primed for export. Featuring rare archive footage and stills, the documentary includes exclusive interviews with festival favourites, rockers and rebels, moonlight dancers and chancers, key figures who created, documented and promoted the 70s sounds of Ireland. See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Eric Bell Self Self See fewer	Rush (I) (2013)
Maire Brennan Self Self See fewer	King Arthur (2004)
Roz Crowley Self Self See fewer	How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021)
Barry Devlin Self Self See fewer	CODA (2021)
Ray Dorset Self Self See fewer	The Crying Game (1992)
Dave Fanning Self Self See fewer	Sineád
Donal Gallagher Self Self See fewer	Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74 (1974)
Mike Hanrahan Self Self See fewer	How Ireland Rocked the 80s (2022)
Johnny Lappin Self Self See fewer	A Christmas Celebration: Live from Dublin (2007)
Donal Lunny Self Self See fewer	Leap Year (2010)
Brian McMahon Self Self See fewer	How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021)
Christy Moore Self Self See fewer	A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
Fachtna O'Ceallaigh Self Self See fewer	Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990)

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