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122-563: Damien Dempsey (born 9 June 1975) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk contemporary lyrics that deliver social and political commentaries on Irish society. Damien sings in his native, working-class accent in the English language, and to a lesser extent in the Irish language. Dempsey was born and raised in Donaghmede , a Northside suburb of Dublin . His father
244-670: A background in rockabilly for his new backing group, including the guitarist Boz Boorer , Alain Whyte and Spencer Cobrin. Morrissey began the Kill Uncle tour in Europe; he brought Phranc as his support act and decorated the stage of each performance with a large image of Edith Sitwell . On the US leg of his tour, he sold out Los Angeles' 18,000 seat The Forum in fifteen minutes, faster than Michael Jackson or Madonna had done. During
366-924: A ban on wild animals performing in circuses, calling him a "silly twit". This was followed by several dates elsewhere in Europe. Morrissey's 2012 tour started in South America and continued through Asia and North America. Morrissey played concerts in Belgium, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Portugal, England, and Scotland. In late September, while visiting Strand Bookstore in Manhattan, he saved an elderly lady who had fainted beside him. Between January and March 2013, Morrissey toured 32 North American cities, beginning in Greenvale, New York and ending in Portland, Oregon. Patti Smith and her band were special guests at
488-426: A band with him. Steve Pomfret—who had served as the band's first bassist—soon abandoned the band, to be replaced by Dale Hibbert. Around the time of the band's formation, Morrissey decided that he would be publicly known only by his surname, with Marr referring to him as "Mozzer" or "Moz". In 1983, he forbade those around him from using the name "Steven", which he despised. Morrissey was also responsible for choosing
610-531: A close friend of Linder Sterling , the frontwoman of punk-jazz ensemble Ludus ; her lyrics and style of singing both influenced him. Through Sterling, he came to know Howard Devoto and Richard Boon . At the time, Morrissey's best male friend was James Maker; he would visit Maker in London or they would meet in Manchester, where they visited the city's gay bars and gay clubs, in one case having to escape from
732-523: A contract straight away, he agreed to cut their song " Hand in Glove " as a single. Morrissey chose a homoerotic cover design in the form of a Jim French photograph. It was released in May 1983. The band soon generated controversy when Garry Bushell of tabloid newspaper The Sun alleged that their B-side "Handsome Devil" was an endorsement of paedophilia . The band denied this, with Morrissey stating that
854-577: A cover of the Pogues ' track, was released on 30 May 2008. His sixth studio album, Almighty Love , was released in October 2012 and entered the chart at No. 3, with the single of the same name released in mid-October. In 2014, Dempsey released a best-of album titled It's All Good which entered the chart at No. 1. During the Australian leg of his tour promoting this album, he appeared on an episode of
976-458: A disrespect towards his fans. He became increasingly reticent in talking to British music journalists, expressing frustration at how they constantly compared his solo work with that of the Smiths; "my past is almost denying me a future". He told one interviewer that the band he was then working with were technically better musicians than the Smiths had ever been. In July 1992, Morrissey released
1098-494: A gang of gay bashers . Wanting to become a professional writer, Morrissey considered a career in music journalism. He frequently wrote letters to the music press and was eventually hired by the weekly music review publication Record Mirror . He wrote several short books for local publishing company Babylon Books: in 1981 it released a 24-page booklet he had written on the New York Dolls, which sold 3000 copies. This
1220-533: A holy well, was regularly visited for hundreds of years. It is said that the waters of Saint Donagh's Well healed eyes and rejuvenated eyesight. Saint Donagh's Well was once one of three local holy wells which were visited in procession. In the northern part of Donaghmede is Grange Abbey , historically "a small church within the Grange of Baldoyle" which served as a chapel for the lands of the Priory of All Saints (now
1342-401: A licentious Mick Jagger or drugged-out Jim Morrison . — Paul A. Woods, 2007. In 1984, the band released two non-album singles: " Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now " (their first UK top-ten hit) and " William, It Was Really Nothing ". The year ended with the compilation album Hatful of Hollow . This collected singles, B-sides and the versions of songs that had been recorded throughout
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#17327974457301464-671: A lot and doing E tablets and getting into street fighting and getting depressed. Then I'd listen to Marley and it lifted me out of it. I'd like to try [to] do the same for kids, that my music would give them a bit of hope and strength, and they'd know that I was telling the truth and I wouldn't lie to them." Growing up on the northside of Dublin, Dempsey trained along with his older brothers, and competed for Dublin as an amateur boxer before committing himself to studying music. Dempsey attended secondary school at Mount Temple Comprehensive School , sharing classes with model Amanda Brunker . He then went on to Ballyfermot College of Further Education –
1586-463: A manner inspired by the New York Dolls. In August 1982, they recorded their first demo at Manchester's Decibel Studios, and Morrissey took the demo recording to Factory Records , but they weren't interested. In late summer 1982, Mike Joyce was adopted as the band's drummer after a successful audition. In October 1982, they then gave their first public performance, as a support act for Blue Rondo à la Turk at Manchester's The Ritz . Hibbert however
1708-606: A musical hiatus from 1998 to 2003 before releasing a successful comeback album, You Are the Quarry , in 2004. Ensuing years saw the release of albums Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006), Years of Refusal (2009), World Peace Is None of Your Business (2014), Low in High School (2017), California Son (2019), and I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (2020), as well as his autobiography and his debut novel, List of
1830-434: A non-album single, " Interlude ", a duet with Siouxsie Sioux : the track was a cover of a Timi Yuro song. The record was published under the banner "Morrissey & Siouxsie"; due to record company issues, "Interlude" was only available on import outside Europe. In the autumn of 1994, Morrissey recorded five songs at South London's Olympic Studios . In January 1995 the single " Boxers " was released, reaching number 23 on
1952-493: A number of developments forming Clongriffin . The apartment development at Priory Hall in northern Donaghmede was evacuated by order of the High Court made 14 October 2011, to allow for emergency fire safety works. The 294 residents were originally due back by 28 November 2011, but as of May 2020, only some have been able to return. The landowner and Tom McFeely, the owner of the construction company, are both bankrupt, with
2074-637: A particular interest in the alternative and post-punk music scene. Having met the guitarist Billy Duffy in November 1977, Morrissey agreed to become the vocalist for Duffy's punk band the Nosebleeds . Morrissey co-wrote a number of songs with the band —"Peppermint Heaven", "I Get Nervous" and "I Think I'm Ready for the Electric Chair" —and performed with them in support slots for Jilted John and then Magazine . The band soon disbanded. After
2196-468: A particular vision of national identity while critiquing the effects of immigration on the UK. I lost myself in music at a very early age, and I remained there . . . I did fall in love with the voices I heard, whether they were male or female. I loved those people. I really, really did love those people. For what it was worth, I gave them my life . . . my youth. Beyond the perimeter of pop music there
2318-456: A perverse way that makes it his most engaging". " I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris " and " Something Is Squeezing My Skull " were released as the record's singles. The song "Black Cloud" features the guitar playing of Jeff Beck . Throughout 2009, Morrissey toured to promote the album. As part of the extensive Tour of Refusal, Morrissey followed a lengthy US tour with concerts booked in Ireland,
2440-516: A series of jobs, as a clerk for the civil service and then the Inland Revenue , as a salesperson in a record store , and as a hospital porter, before abandoning employment and claiming unemployment benefits . He used much of the money from these jobs to purchase tickets for gigs, attending performances by Talking Heads , the Ramones , and Blondie . He regularly attended concerts, having
2562-782: A skate park, 2 playgrounds, 6 playing pitches, picnic areas with outdoor chess/draughts boards, natural woodlands and a peripheral running/cycling track. Further information on the park including pictures, opening times etc. can be found on the Dublin City Council website. Other green spaces lie around the main complex of schools, around the church and along the Kilbarrack Stream and above its culverted course. There are four primary (two junior, Scoil Bhride and St Kevin's, two senior, Holy Trinity and Naomh Colmcille) and three secondary schools (Grange Community College, Donahies Community School and Gaelcholáiste Reachrann) in
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#17327974457302684-774: A village absorbed by suburban sprawl; rather it was an area of farmland, with a number of large houses with attendant workers' cottages (many of these latter survive along the Hole in the Wall Road that leads to Portmarnock, but none of the original "big houses" exist today). Within Donaghmede are a number of housing developments, notably Donaghmede Estate , Grangemore, The Donahies, Grange Abbey, St Donagh's, Millbrook, Newgrove Estate and Howth View. The bulk of these developments were constructed between circa 1970–1974. Newer developments included apartments at Priory Hall, and opposite those
2806-547: A world tour, culminating in two sold-out nights at the Royal Albert Hall , during which he played as-yet unreleased songs. Outside the US and Europe, concerts also took place in Australia and Japan. During this time, Channel 4 filmed The Importance of Being Morrissey , a documentary which aired in 2003; it was Morrissey's first major screen interview to appear on British television. He told interviewers that he
2928-612: Is also well served by the famous Trinity Boys Boxing Club. Donaghmede Shopping Centre stands on the site of the original Donaghmede House. Dunnes Stores is the anchor tenant along with 50 other shops, a cafe and a branch of Dublin City Libraries. Currently, the centre is being improved and redeveloped. However, a number of local resident groups, such as the Donaghmede Estate Residents Committee, and some public representatives, have opposed
3050-424: Is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths , who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and dark humour, and anti-establishment stances. Morrissey
3172-667: Is informed by American culture—everyone under fifty speaks American—and that's sad. We once had a strong identity and now that's gone completely". A number of the tracks on the album, most notably " Certain People I Know " and "The National Front Disco", dealt with the lives and experiences of tough, working-class youths. Your Arsenal was critically well received, and often described as his best album since Viva Hate . The first single, " We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful ", had been released in April 1992 and peaked at number 17; this
3294-526: Is part of the local electoral area (LEA) of the same name for Dublin City Council , along with Ayrfield and parts of Raheny, with five elected local councillors. In 2019, Fianna Fáil took two of the seats, with one each going to Fine Gael , Sinn Féin and the Green Party . The area was previously part of a larger LEA, Beaumont-Donaghmede. Unlike many other suburbs of Dublin, Donaghmede was not
3416-728: The Criminal Assets Bureau . While most of the former residents were originally placed in a hotel, many were later rehoused in National Asset Management Agency property a couple of hundred metres to the east in Clongriffin , or to the west in the Belmayne development, south Balgriffin . Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey ( / ˈ m ɒr ɪ s i / MORR -iss-ee ; born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey ,
3538-475: The New York Dolls . He formed a British fan club for the latter, attracting members through small adverts in the back pages of music magazines. It was through the New York Dolls' interest in female pop singers from the 1960s that Morrissey too developed a fascination for such artists, including Sandie Shaw , Twinkle , and Dusty Springfield . Having left formal education, Morrissey proceeded through
3660-555: The UK Singles Chart . Aided by praise from the music press and a series of studio sessions for Peel and David Jensen at BBC Radio 1 , the Smiths began to acquire a dedicated fan base. In February 1984 they released their debut album, The Smiths , which reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart . As frontman of the Smiths, Morrissey—described as "lanky, soft-spoken, bequiffed and bespectacled" —subverted many of
3782-627: The polari gay slang. Released in November 1990, it reached number 19 in the charts. The song attracted some criticism from the British gay press, who were of the opinion that it was wrong for Morrissey to use polari when he was not openly gay; in an interview the previous year he had nevertheless acknowledged his attraction to both men and women. Adopting Mark E. Nevin as his new songwriting partner, Morrissey created his second solo album, Kill Uncle ; released in March 1991, it peaked at number 8 on
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3904-403: The "Rock School" – for two years before graduating in 1995. There he studied musical performance and management and his first EP , The Contender , was released in 1995 on the school's record label . Unemployed and on the dole for several years, Dempsey was a regular visitor to the library in Donaghmede where he read about Irish history and developed a lasting appreciation for the "seanchaí" –
4026-553: The "black phase" in Morrissey's relationship with the British music press, which was increasingly hostile and critical of him. In some cases, this involved the press spreading misinformation, such as the claim that he and Phranc were recording a cover of " Don't Go Breaking My Heart "; others, such as those of Barbara Ellen in NME , were closer to personal attack than musical review. NME claimed that his cancelled performances reflected
4148-598: The ' slum clearances ' of Victorian-era houses in Hulme, the family moved to another council house at 384 King's Road in Stretford . Following a primary education at St Wilfred's Primary School, Morrissey failed his 11-plus exam and proceeded to St Mary's Secondary Modern School, an experience he found unpleasant. He excelled at athletics, though he was an unpopular loner at the school. He has been critical of his formal education, later stating, "The education I received
4270-485: The 1916 rising along with a song to commemorate an ancestor of his friend, Love/Hate actor John Connors, who also fought in the rebellion. The album was initially only made available to buy at live concerts with a limited run of 2016 copies only being produced. No Force on Earth also includes a song about the 1967–1975 Wave Hill walk-off in Australia, when 200 Gurindji workers staged a walk-off and strike from Wave Hill cattle station for better working conditions and
4392-505: The 2004 Irish Meteor Music Awards , Dempsey walked away with two, the only 2004 double winner. In 2006 and 2007, he added to his collection of Meteor Awards when he won Best Irish Male. He was also nominated in two categories in the Irish Meteor Awards 2008 and won "Best Folk/Traditional". Donaghmede Donaghmede ( Irish : Domhnach Míde , meaning 'St Mide's Church') is a mixed socio-economic residential suburb on
4514-621: The BAFTA-winning Tyrannosaur and, most recently, Broken Law . The song Damo, written by Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls which features on the band's 2011 album Beauty Queen Sister , is about Dempsey and features him on guest vocals, as well as his regular bassist Claire Kenny, who had also worked with the Indigo Girls regularly since 1999, and drummer/producer John Reynolds . The Irish crime film Between
4636-473: The Canals featured Dempsey's debut performance as an actor. He played the fictional Dublin crime boss Paul Chambers. The film has been well received by critics; The Irish Times stated that the film "has all the raw, angry energy of the great man's roaring songs." The film was released in cinemas in March 2011. He appeared in the 2017 Irish crime film Cardboard Gangsters . His song, "St. Patrick's Day"
4758-534: The Closer I Get ", was released as a single at the time and reached number 8 in the UK. The single's sleeve featured images of Jake Walters, a skinhead in his twenties, who was living with Morrissey at the time. Walters had introduced Morrissey to York Hall , a boxing venue in Bethnal Green , part of London's East End , with the singer spending an increasing amount of time there. That year, he also released
4880-500: The Irish album chart at No. 2. An extended version of the album, which included a bonus CD featuring previously unreleased and rare tracks, was released in Ireland via Sony BMG in November 2007. Dempsey's fifth studio album, a covers album entitled The Rocky Road , was released on 6 June 2008 in Ireland via Sony BMG, with a UK release via IRL on 9 June 2008 and on 26 August via United for Opportunity. The lead single "A Rainy Night in Soho",
5002-584: The Irish leg of his European tour, and making his debut appearances at The (London) Fleadh and Womad. He has earned the support of his peers, particularly Morrissey , who invited Dempsey to support him at the Meltdown festival and on various UK and Irish dates as well as his autumn 2004 US tour. Morrissey went on to sign Dempsey to his label (Attack), and Seize the Day had its US release in October 2004. His third album, Shots , simultaneously released in Ireland and
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5124-466: The Irish storyteller. One of his songs was included in an album by his Ballyfermot school, and he mimed it at a promotional concert. In the following period, he performed at bars and clubs, sometimes having to "pay to play", sometimes earning a little. His first commercial single "Dublin Town" was released in 1997, and reached number 18 on the Irish music charts. The Irish music magazine Hot Press praised
5246-722: The Lost (2015). Highly influential, Morrissey has been credited as a seminal figure in the emergence of indie pop , indie rock , and Britpop . In a 2006 poll for the BBC 's Culture Show , Morrissey was voted the second-greatest living British cultural icon . His work has been the subject of academic study. He has been a controversial figure throughout his music career due to his forthright opinions and outspoken nature, endorsing vegetarianism and animal rights and criticising royalty and prominent politicians. He has also supported far-right activism with regard to British heritage, and defended
5368-756: The Malahide Road and M50 and M1 , to the north, and the Tonlegee Road ( R104 ) to the south. In the southeastern corner of Donaghmede is Howth Junction & Donaghmede railway station , situated on the Dublin–Belfast railway line and served by Dublin Area Rapid Transit ( DART ) and occasional InterCity (Iarnród Éireann) trains, while in the northern part is Clongriffin railway station . Dublin Bus provides services on routes H1 (from
5490-531: The Nosebleeds' break-up, Morrissey followed Duffy to join Slaughter & the Dogs , briefly replacing original singer Wayne Barrett. He recorded four songs with the band and they auditioned for a record deal in London. After the audition fell through, Slaughter & the Dogs became Studio Sweethearts, without Morrissey. He came to be known as a minor figure within Manchester's punk community. By 1981, he had become
5612-434: The October 1984 Brighton hotel bombing , he commented that "the only sorrow" of it was "that Thatcher escaped unscathed". In 1988, he stated that Section 28 "embodies Thatcher's very nature and her quite natural hatred". The Smiths brought realism to their romance, and tempered their angst with the lightest of touches. The times were personified in their frontman: rejecting all taints of rock n' roll machismo, he played up
5734-692: The Olympia , was released in June 2006 in Ireland and the UK. The album was recorded at Dublin's Olympia Theatre on 15 December 2005. Shots was released in the US on the United For Opportunity label in June 2006 and Dempsey undertook a coast-to-coast tour. On the Fleadh 2007 tour Dempsey, along with Sharon Shannon's Big Band, toured Ireland and the UK with Willie Nelson. His fourth studio album, To Hell or Barbados , released in June 2007, entered
5856-533: The Pops and Later with Jools Holland , and gave his first television interview in 17 years on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ; Morrissey was visibly uncomfortable with Jonathan Ross ' questions. He also agreed to interviews with various press outlets, including the NME , stating that "the nasty old guard" who controlled the magazine in the 1990s were gone and that it was not "the smelly NME any more". To promote
5978-407: The Quarry ; it was released in May 2004. The album's cover art featured an image of Morrissey carrying a Tommy gun . It peaked at number 2 on the UK album chart and number 11 on the U.S. Billboard album chart. The first single, " Irish Blood, English Heart ", reached number 3 in the UK singles chart, the highest ranked single of his career. Promoting the album, he made appearances on both Top of
6100-444: The Smiths dissolved, Morrissey enlisted Stephen Street as his personal producer and new songwriting partner, with whom he could begin his solo career. By September 1987, he had begun work on his first solo album, Viva Hate , at Wool Hall Studios near Bath ; it was recorded with the musicians Vini Reilly and Andrew Paresi . Rather than featuring pre-existing images of celebrities, as the Smiths' album and single covers had done,
6222-551: The Temple of David". In December 1996, a legal case against Morrissey and Marr brought by Smiths' drummer Mike Joyce arrived at the High Court . Joyce alleged that he had not received his fair share of recording and performance royalties from his time with the band, calling for at least £1 million in damages and 25% of all future Smiths album sales. After a seven-day hearing, the judge ruled in favour of Joyce. In summing up
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#17327974457306344-640: The Tormentors , was recorded in Rome and released in April 2006. It debuted at number 1 in the UK album charts and number 27 in the US. The album yielded four singles: " You Have Killed Me ", " The Youngest Was the Most Loved ", " In the Future When All's Well ", and " I Just Want to See the Boy Happy ". The album was produced by Tony Visconti ; Morrissey called the album "the most beautiful—perhaps
6466-505: The UK Albums Chart and spawned multiple hit singles. He took on Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer as his main co-writers to replace Marr. During this time his image began to shift into that of a burlier figure who toyed with patriotic imagery and working-class masculinity. In the mid-to-late 1990s, his albums Southpaw Grammar (1995) and Maladjusted (1997) also charted but were less well received. Relocating to Los Angeles, he took
6588-731: The UK album charts. The album's final song, "Margaret on the Guillotine", featured descriptions of Thatcher being executed; in response, the Conservative Member of Parliament Geoffrey Dickens accused Morrissey of being involved in a terrorist network and police Special Branch conducted a search of his Manchester home. Morrissey's first solo performance took place at Wolverhampton 's Civic Hall in December 1988. The event attracted huge crowds, with NME journalist James Brown observing that "the excitement and atmosphere inside
6710-533: The UK charts. A second single from the album, " All You Need Is Me ", followed. His ninth studio album, Years of Refusal , originally due in September, was postponed until February 2009, as a result of the death of producer Jerry Finn , and the lack of an American label to distribute the album. When released by the Universal Music Group, it reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and 11 in
6832-520: The UK in March 2005, entered the Irish album charts at No. 1. At Oxegen 2006 , on the main stage on Saturday afternoon, Dempsey said that Patrick Pearse would be "turning in his grave" at the state of modern Ireland. This sparked off controversy. He supported English folk-rock band The Levellers on their UK tour in the spring of 2006 as well as playing at The Levellers' music festival Beautiful Days in August 2006. Dempsey's first live album, Live at
6954-561: The UK, and Russia. In October 2009, Swords , a B-sides collection of material released between 2004 and 2009, was released. It peaked at 55 on the UK albums chart, and Morrissey later called it "a meek disaster". On the second date of the UK tour to promote Swords , Morrissey collapsed onstage in Swindon , and was briefly hospitalised. Following the Swords tour, Morrissey had fulfilled his contractual obligation to Universal Records and
7076-426: The US Billboard 200. The record was widely acclaimed by critics, with comparisons made to Your Arsenal and Vauxhall and I . A review from Pitchfork Media noted that with Years of Refusal , Morrissey "has rediscovered himself, finding new potency in his familiar arsenal. Morrissey's rejuvenation is most obvious in the renewed strength of his vocals" and called it his "most venomous, score-settling album, and in
7198-401: The album Your Arsenal , which peaked at number 2 in the album chart. It was the final release from producer Mick Ronson ; Morrissey related that working with Ronson had been "the greatest privilege of my life". Your Arsenal reflected Morrissey's lament for what he regarded as the decline of British culture in the face of increasing Americanisation. He told one interviewer that "everything
7320-434: The album chart. The two singles released in promotion of the album, " Our Frank " and " Sing Your Life ", failed to break the Top 20 on the singles charts, reaching number 26 and 33 respectively. Another of the album's tracks, "Found, Found, Found", alluded to Morrissey's friendship with Michael Stipe , the lead singer of American indie rock band REM . Planning his first solo tour, Morrissey assembled several musicians with
7442-814: The album, Morrissey embarked on a world tour from April to November. He marked his 45th birthday with a concert at the Manchester Arena , supported by Franz Ferdinand ; it was recorded for release as the DVD Who Put the M in Manchester? . Morrissey was also invited to curate that year's Meltdown festival at London's Southbank Centre . Among the acts he secured were Sparks , Loudon Wainwright III , Ennio Marchetto , Nancy Sinatra , The Cockney Rejects , Lypsinka , The Ordinary Boys , The Libertines , and playwright Alan Bennett . He had unsuccessfully attempted to secure appearances from Brigitte Bardot and Maya Angelou . That year he also performed at several UK music festivals, including Leeds , Reading , and Glastonbury . Morrissey's eighth studio album, Ringleader of
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#17327974457307564-776: The area, and a "vertical" school – catering for children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class – St Francis of Assisi Primary School – in the Belmayne estate in nearby Balgriffin. There is a Dublin Public Libraries branch library in the main shopping centre. There are a number of soccer and Gaelic football clubs in the area along with the local Sports and Leisure Centre ( http://trinitysportsandleisure.ie/ ). These include Wyteleaf United , Trinity Gaels GAA club, and Trinity Donaghmede FC (previously called "Donaghmede Celtic and Trinity Sports and Leisure Football Club") as well as newly formed F.C. Donaghmede who play home games out of Father Collins Park, while past clubs have included Carndonagh Athletic Football Club and Grange Abbey Boys FC. The area
7686-413: The band name of "the Smiths", later informing an interviewer that "it was the most ordinary name and I thought it was time that the ordinary folk of the world showed their faces". Alongside developing their own songs, they also developed a cover of the Cookies ' "I Want a Boy for My Birthday", the latter reflecting their deliberate desire to transgress established norms of gender and sexuality in rock in
7808-406: The band's fourth album Strangeways, Here We Come was released in September, the band had broken up. Morrissey attributed the band's break-up to the lack of a managerial figure—in a 1989 interview with then-teenage fan Tim Samuels . Strangeways peaked at number 2 in the UK, but was only a minor US hit, though it was more successful there than the band's previous albums. Several months before
7930-413: The band. The band had become frustrated with Rough Trade and sought a record deal with a major label, ultimately signing with EMI , which drew criticism from some of the band's fanbase. In early 1987, the single " Shoplifters of the World Unite " was released and reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. It was followed by a second compilation album, The World Won't Listen , which reached number 2 in
8052-469: The boxer Kenny Lane . It reached number 4 in the UK album charts, but made little impact compared to its two predecessors. In September 1995, Morrissey served as the support act for the British leg of Bowie's Outside Tour . Backstage at the Aberdeen gig, Morrissey was taken ill and taken to hospital; he did not return for the rest of the tour. Later referring to the tour critically, he said that when you become involved with Bowie, "you have to worship at
8174-594: The call from O'Connor to join the tour, he assumed it would be on the door as a bouncer. His next release, in 2002, the Negative Vibes EP, featured O'Connor on the title track, and led to an invitation to support her on her 2002/2003 Irish, UK, and European tour. Dempsey's second full-length album, Seize the Day , was released in May 2003 in Ireland on Clear Records via Sony and entered the charts in its first week of release at No. 5. It has since achieved double-platinum sales. In 2004 Dempsey toured extensively, headlining his own shows as well as supporting Bob Dylan during
8296-559: The case, Judge Justice Weeks referred to Morrissey as "devious, truculent and unreliable when his own interests were at stake", with the words "devious" and "truculent" being widely used in press coverage of the ruling. Marr paid the money legally owed to Joyce but Morrissey launched an appeal against the ruling. He said that the judge had been biased against him from the start of the proceedings because of his public criticisms of Thatcher and her government. Morrissey lost his appeal in July 1998, although he launched another soon after; this too
8418-411: The charts —and the single " Sheila Take a Bow ", the band's second (and last during the band's lifetime) UK top-10 hit. Despite their continued success, personal differences within the band—including the increasingly strained relationship between Morrissey and Marr—saw them on the verge of breaking up. In July 1987, Marr left the band and auditions to find a replacement proved fruitless. By the time that
8540-423: The city centre), N6 from Kilbarrack Industrial Estate to Blanchardstown Shopping Centre via (Coolock, Santry, Ballymun and Finglas), 15 from Clongriffin to Ballycullen Road (via Malahide Road, City Centre, Rathmines and Terenure), and the 32X Nitelink service [2] with late night service from D'Olier Street to Baldoyle Road, stopping on Grange Road. Donaghmede was formed by Dublin City Council, which owned most of
8662-406: The combined ecclesiastical parish of "Donaghmede-Clongriffin-Balgriffin" in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin . A large mosque and Islamic cultural centre was planned for the Clongriffin housing development, and received planning permission, confirmed on appeal but was abandoned. Since 2016 , Donaghmede has been part of the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin Bay North . Donaghmede
8784-460: The comedy-music panel show Spicks and Specks . In 2016, Dempsey released an album titled No Force On Earth of original and covered songs to commemorate the centenary of The 1916 Rising. The album featured the traditional song "James Connolly" which Dempsey had become known for singing at recent protests to water charges introduced by the Irish government. Other songs on the album included one written for his great aunt Jennie Shanahan who fought in
8906-419: The cover sleeve of Viva Hate featured a photograph of Morrissey taken by Anton Corbijn . In February 1988, EMI released the first single from this album, " Suedehead ", which reached number 5 on the British singles chart, a higher position than any Smiths single had achieved. The second single from the album, " Everyday Is Like Sunday ", was released in June and reached number 9. The album reached number 1 on
9028-486: The developments. The Donaghmede Inn pub and some other shops have direct access from outside. Near the shopping centre is a medical centre with a pharmacy and cafe, and there is a small shopping precinct in Clare Hall, between Donaghmede, Ayrfield and Coolock. Holy Trinity Parish Church, a distinctive cruciform building with a triangular profile, is Roman Catholic . Located on Grange Road, Holy Trinity Church serves
9150-544: The doorstep of Morrissey's house, there to ask Morrissey if he was interested in co-founding a band. Marr had been impressed that Morrissey had authored a book on the New York Dolls, and was inspired to turn up on his doorstep following the example of Jerry Leiber , who had formed his working partnership with Mike Stoller after turning up at the latter's door. According to Morrissey: "We got on absolutely famously. We were very similar in drive." The next day, Morrissey phoned Marr to confirm that he would be interested in forming
9272-558: The hall was like nothing I have ever experienced at any public event". Following Viva Hate , Morrissey put out two new singles; " The Last of the Famous International Playboys " was about the Kray twins , gangsters who operated in London's East End, and reached number 6 on the UK singles chart. This was followed by " Interesting Drug ", which reached number 9. After his songwriting partnership with Street ended and
9394-585: The image of a sexually ambiguous social outsider who embraced celibacy. The Smiths released three further studio albums— Meat Is Murder , The Queen Is Dead , and Strangeways, Here We Come —and had a string of hit singles. The band were critically acclaimed and attracted a cult following. Personal differences between Morrissey and Marr resulted in the separation of the Smiths in 1987. In 1988, Morrissey launched his solo career with Viva Hate . This album and its follow-ups— Kill Uncle (1991), Your Arsenal (1992), and Vauxhall and I (1994)—all did well on
9516-454: The image of the pop star. I remember feeling the person singing was actually with me and understood me and my predicament." He later revealed that the first record he purchased was Marianne Faithfull 's 1965 single " Come and Stay With Me ". He became a glam rock fan in the 1970s, enjoying the work of English artists like T. Rex , David Bowie and Roxy Music . He was also a fan of American glam rock artists such as Sparks , Jobriath and
9638-547: The jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and the postal district Dublin 13 . Donaghmede lies west of Baldoyle from which it was largely formed, north of Raheny , east of Coolock and Balgriffin and south of Portmarnock . In the northern part of Donaghmede is the Grange Stream, running in a culvert from western Donaghmede, past Grange Abbey and flowing into the Mayne River in northern Baldoyle. Flowing through
9760-452: The lands, from around 1970, built-up from housing developments it had commenced on the inland areas of Baldoyle; the earlier history is that of the parent district. Some lands of Coolock and some addressed as Raheny were also involved. Further estates were added over the following decades. The name of the newly-designated area was taken from the "big house" located in its assigned centre, Donaghmede House. The once popular Saint Donagh's Well,
9882-488: The late 1970s, he fronted the punk rock band the Nosebleeds with little success before beginning a career in music journalism and writing several books on music and film in the early 1980s. He formed the Smiths with Johnny Marr in 1982 and the band soon attracted national recognition for their eponymous debut album . As the band's frontman, Morrissey attracted attention for his trademark quiff and witty and sardonic lyrics. Deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated
10004-467: The latter first attempting to file for bankruptcy in the UK. This bankruptcy was overturned when it emerged that his main dwelling and business interests were in Ireland. Declared bankrupt in Ireland in 2012, his €15m home in Ailesbury Road, Dublin 4, was re-possessed. In September 2013, €140,000 in €50 notes was found under the bath of his former Ailesbury Road house. The find is being probed by
10126-401: The most gentle—so far". Billboard described the album as showcasing "a thicker, more rock-driven sound". In December 2007, Morrissey signed a new deal with Decca Records , which included a Greatest Hits album and a new studio album. Greatest Hits charted at number 5 in the UK album chart. " That's How People Grow Up " was the first single from Greatest Hits , reaching number 14 in
10248-526: The norms that were associated with pop and rock music. The band's aesthetic simplicity was a reaction to the excess personified by the New Romantics , and while Morrissey adopted an androgynous appearance like the New Romantics or earlier glam rockers, his was far more subtle and understated. According to one commentator, "he was bookish; he wore NHS spectacles and a hearing aid on stage; he
10370-517: The northern side of Dublin, Ireland , formed from parts of Baldoyle , Coolock and Raheny in the 1970s. It contains a mid-size shopping centre and a ruined chapel, and lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council . Donaghmede is situated approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north east of the Dublin city centre, and is in the constituency of Dublin Bay North . It lies within
10492-585: The performance, David Bowie joined him onstage for a rendition of T. Rex's " Cosmic Dancer ". In the US, he sold out 25 of his 26 other performances; one Texan appearance was filmed by Tim Broad for release as the VHS Live in Dallas . He proceeded to Japan—where he was frustrated by the authorities' tough stance toward fans—and then Australasia, where he cancelled several dates due to acute sinusitis. The early 1990s were described by biographer David Bret as
10614-536: The previous year for the Peel and Jensen shows. Early in 1985, the band released their second album, Meat Is Murder , which was their only studio album to top the UK charts. The single-only release " Shakespeare's Sister " reached number 26 on the UK Singles Chart, though the only single taken from the album, " That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore ", was less successful, barely making the top 50. " How Soon Is Now? "
10736-425: The release of Your Arsenal , Morrissey's image had changed; according to Simpson, the singer had converted "from the aesthete interested in rough lads into a rough lad interested in aestheticism (and rough lads)". According to Woods, Morrissey developed an air of "quietly assured masculinity", representing "a more robust, burlier, beefier version of himself", while the poet and Morrissey fan Simon Armitage described
10858-466: The rest of the album comprising his recent singles and B-sides. The album reached number 9 on the UK album chart. Two of the newly recorded Bona Drag tracks were released as singles: " November Spawned a Monster ", a song about a woman who is a wheelchair user, reached number 12 in the charts but received criticism from some who believed that it mocked disabled people. The second, " Piccadilly Palare ", referenced London rent boys and featured terms from
10980-402: The return of their land. Dempsey is friends with Australian singer-songwriter Dan Sultan . As of 2021 Dempsey is signed to Australian independent music label FOUR FOUR . Many artists have covered Damien Dempsey's work, including Sinead O'Connor, The Proclaimers and The Wonder Stuff 's Miles Hunt . His songs have been featured on many TV shows including Sons of Anarchy , Fair City ,
11102-457: The show's production company, Granada Television , although all were rejected. He was also a fan of Shelagh Delaney 's A Taste of Honey and its 1961 film adaptation , which was a drama focusing on working-class life in Salford . Many of his later songs directly quoted A Taste of Honey . Of his youth, Morrissey has said, "Pop music was all I ever had, and it was completely entwined with
11224-511: The single, remarking that it was "an underground anthem for disaffected youth and closet balladeer alike". His first full-length album, titled They Don't Teach This Shit in School , was released in 2000 and contained a re-recorded version of this song; it was not a commercial success. He took a break from performing and moved to New York, working in an Irish bar there. Returning to Dublin Dempsey
11346-532: The singles chart. In February 1995, he embarked on the Boxers tour, supported by the band Marion and featuring a backdrop depiction of the boxer Cornelius Carr . One of these performances was filmed by James O'Brien and released as the VHS Introducing Morrissey . In December 1995, the song " Sunny " was released as a single; a lament for Morrissey's terminated relationship with Walters,
11468-536: The site of Trinity College Dublin ). The chapel, which once hosted a small parliamentary meeting, has been in ruins since at least 1615. The redeveloped Father Collins Park was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Dublin in May 2009 and is Ireland's first "sustainable park" with five 50KW wind turbines protruding from the central linear water feature and providing power for public lighting, maintenance depots and football club changing rooms. The park also features
11590-440: The social awkwardness of the misfit and the outsider, his gently haunting vocals whooping suddenly upward into a falsetto, clothed in outsize women's shirts, sporting National Health specs or a huge Johnny Ray-style hearing aid. This charming young man was, in the vernacular of the time, the very antithesis of a "rockist"—always knowingly closer to the gentle ironicist Alan Bennett , or self-lacerating diarist Kenneth Williams , than
11712-456: The song "has nothing to do with children, and certainly nothing to do with child molesting". In the wake of their single, the band performed their first significant London gig, gained radio airplay with a John Peel session, and obtained their first interviews in music magazines NME and Sounds . The follow-up singles " This Charming Man " and " What Difference Does It Make? " fared better when they reached numbers 25 and 12 respectively on
11834-467: The song was the first of Morrissey's singles not to chart. In 1995 the compilation album World of Morrissey was released, containing largely B-sides. After his contract with EMI expired, Morrissey signed to RCA . On this label he recorded his next album, Southpaw Grammar , at the Miraval Studios in southern France before releasing it in August 1995. Its cover art featured an image of
11956-542: The southern parts of Donaghmede is another stream, the Kilbarrack Stream and/or Daunagh Water , culverted in stage in the 1970s and 1980s. It reaches the sea at two points in lower Kilbarrack / Bayside, though in earlier times it joined with the Grange Stream and ultimately flowed into the Mayne River, feedback Baldoyle Bay. Donaghmede is served by Grange Road [R809](to Baldoyle and Howth) and R139 from
12078-755: The top 30 on the UK singles chart. Having been unhappy with the cover design for Southpaw Grammar , Morrissey left control of cover art of Maladjusted to his record company, but again was unsatisfied with the result. Uncut reported in 1998 that Morrissey no longer had a record deal. The following year, he embarked on the Oye Esteban Tour , and was one of the headliners of the Coachella Festival in California. The England that I have loved, and I have sung about, and whose death I have sung about, I felt had finally slipped away. And so I
12200-430: The transition as being one from that of "stick-thin, knock-me-over-with-a-feather campness" to that of a "mobster and bare-knuckle boxer image". This new image was reflected in the cover art for Your Arsenal ; a photograph taken by Sterling, it featured Morrissey onstage with his shirt open, displaying a muscular torso beneath. In mid-1993, Morrissey co-wrote his fifth album, Vauxhall and I , with Whyte and Boorer; it
12322-408: The water on his pleasantly surprised family with "a song about smog". His family encouraged him to enter the 2FM Song Contest , and he came second with "Cardboard City", a song of his own about homelessness. Although hugely taken with the Irish folk tradition, it was Bob Marley who inspired Dempsey during some of his darker times: "I was in my teens and I was going through a bit of a phase, drinking
12444-595: Was a council house at 17 Harper Street in the Queen's Square area of Hulme , inner Manchester, since demolished. Living in that area as a child, he was deeply affected by the Moors murders , in which a number of local children were killed; the crimes had a lasting impression on him and would inspire the lyrics of the Smiths song " Suffer Little Children ". He also became aware of the anti-Irish sentiment in British society against Irish immigrants to Britain . In 1970, after
12566-497: Was a panel beater while his mother had a variety of jobs in the area. His earliest musical influences came from the post-pub musical sessions that were held in his parents' house when he was a toddler. This developed into a love of artists such as Christy Moore , Luke Kelly , Shane MacGowan , Bob Marley and Elvis Presley . Shy as a teenager, Dempsey retreated to his bedroom where he spent his time honing his singing and guitar playing. He soon started to pen his own songs, testing
12688-631: Was a drop at the end of the world. — Morrissey, 1991. Steven Patrick Morrissey was born on 22 May 1959 at Park Hospital in Davyhulme , Lancashire. His parents, Elizabeth ( née Dwyer) and Peter Morrissey, were Irish Catholics who had emigrated to Manchester from Dublin with his only sibling, elder sister Jacqueline, a year before his birth. Morrissey claims he was named after American actor Steve Cochran , although he may instead have been named in honour of his father's brother who died in infancy, Patrick Steven Morrissey. His earliest home
12810-700: Was born to working-class Irish immigrants in Davyhulme , Lancashire, England; the family lived in Queen's Court near the Loreto convent in Hulme and his mother worked nearby at the Hulme Hippodrome bingo hall. They moved due to the 1960s demolitions of almost all the Victorian-era houses in Hulme, known as ' slum clearance ', and he grew up in nearby Stretford . As a child, he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism , and 1960s pop music. In
12932-580: Was celibate. Worst of all, he was sincere", with his music being "so intoxicatingly melancholic, so dangerously thoughtful, so seductively funny that it lured its listeners . . . into a relationship with him and his music instead of the world." In an academic paper on the band, Julian Stringer characterised the Smiths as "one of Britain's most overtly political groups", while in his study of their work, Andrew Warns termed them "this most anti-capitalist of bands". Morrissey had been particularly vocal in his criticism of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ; after
13054-467: Was featured in the movie, "Patrick's Day" featuring Moe Dunford. A 2003 documentary, It's All Good: The Damien Dempsey Story , by independent filmmaker Dara McCluskey, followed Dempsey's career progression up to the release of Seize the Day . It was broadcast on Ireland's national television station RTÉ in 2004 and shown at film festivals in Ireland and in New York. Nominated in four categories in
13176-418: Was followed by James Dean is Not Dead , about the late American film star James Dean . Morrissey had developed a love of Dean and had covered his bedroom with pictures of the dead film star. In August 1978, Morrissey was briefly introduced to the 14-year-old Johnny Marr by mutual acquaintances at a Patti Smith gig held at Manchester's Apollo Theatre . Several years later, in May 1982, Marr turned up on
13298-477: Was followed by " You're the One for Me, Fatty ", which reached number 19 and "Certain People I Know", which reached number 34. From September to December, Morrissey embarked on a 53-date Your Arsenal tour in which he varyingly decorated the stage with backdrops of skinhead girls, Diana Dors , Elvis Presley , and Charlie Richardson . One of the performances was recorded and released as Beethoven Was Deaf . By
13420-465: Was invited by producer and musician John Reynolds to record at his London home studio, and Reynolds produced a CD with backing vocals by Sinéad O'Connor and a guitar riff by Brian Eno . Sinéad O'Connor invited him out on tour with her and championed him as one to watch. "I don't think there's ever been anyone like him. I think he represents the sort of voice in Ireland that is not allowed to be heard", she said. Dempsey later joked on stage that when he got
13542-518: Was no longer saying, "England is dying." I was beginning to say, "Well, yes, it has died and here's the carcass"—so why hang around? — Morrissey, on his move to Los Angeles. Leaving Britain, Morrissey purchased a house in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles . It had formerly been the residence of Carole Lombard and had been re-designed by William Haines . Over the next few years he rarely returned to Britain. In 2002, Morrissey returned with
13664-509: Was originally a B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing", and was subsequently featured on Hatful of Hollow and the American, Canadian, Australian and Warner UK editions of Meat Is Murder . Belatedly released as a single in the UK in 1985, " How Soon Is Now? " reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. During 1985, the band undertook lengthy tours of the UK and the US while recording the next studio record, The Queen Is Dead . The album
13786-512: Was produced by Steve Lillywhite . Morrissey described the album as "the best I've ever made", and at the time believed it would be either his final or penultimate work. It was both a critical and commercial success, topping the UK album chart in March 1994. The album had been named after Vauxhall , a district of South West London famous for the Royal Vauxhall Tavern gay pub. One of the album's songs, " The More You Ignore Me,
13908-453: Was released in June 1986, shortly after the single " Bigmouth Strikes Again ". The record reached number 2 in the UK charts. All was not well within the band. A legal dispute with Rough Trade had delayed the album by almost seven months (it had been completed in November 1985), and Marr was beginning to feel the stress of the band's exhausting touring and recording schedule. Meanwhile, Rourke was fired in early 1986 for his use of heroin. Rourke
14030-527: Was replaced by Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer , he recorded " Ouija Board, Ouija Board ", released as a single in November 1989; it reached number 18. Christian spokespeople and tabloid newspapers condemned the song, claiming that it promoted occultism , to which Morrissey responded that "the only contact I ever made with the dead was when I spoke to a journalist from The Sun ." With Winstanley and Langer he began work on his first compilation album, Bona Drag , although only recorded six new songs for it,
14152-580: Was so basically evil and brutal. All I learnt was to have no self-esteem and to feel ashamed without knowing why." He left school in 1975, having received no formal qualifications. He continued his education at Stretford Technical College , where he gained three O-Levels in English literature, sociology, and the General Paper. In 1975, he travelled to the U.S. to visit an aunt who lived in Staten Island . The relationship between his parents
14274-492: Was strained, and they ultimately separated in December 1976, with his father moving out of the family home. Morrissey's librarian mother encouraged her son's interest in reading. He took an interest in feminist literature, and particularly liked the Irish author Oscar Wilde , whom he came to idolise. The young Morrissey was a fan of the television soap opera Coronation Street , which focused on working-class communities in Manchester; he sent proposed scripts and storylines to
14396-400: Was temporarily replaced on bass guitar by Craig Gannon , but he was reinstated after only a fortnight. Gannon stayed in the band, switching to rhythm guitar. This five-piece recorded the singles " Panic " and " Ask " (with Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals) which reached numbers 11 and 14 respectively on the UK Singles Chart, and toured the UK. After the tour ended in October 1986, Gannon left
14518-450: Was unhappy with what he perceived as the band's gay aesthetic; in turn, Morrissey and Marr were unhappy with his bass playing, and so he was removed from the band and replaced by Marr's old school friend Andy Rourke . After the record company EMI turned them down, Morrissey and Marr visited London to hand a cassette of their recordings to Geoff Travis of the independent record label Rough Trade Records . Although not signing them to
14640-505: Was unsuccessful. In a November 2005 statement, Morrissey said that Joyce had cost him £600,000 in legal fees alone and approximately £1,515,000 in total. Morrissey returned on Island Records in 1997, releasing the single " Alma Matters " in July, followed by his next album Maladjusted in August. The album peaked at number 8 in the UK album charts. Its further two singles, " Roy's Keen " and " Satan Rejected My Soul ", both peaked outside
14762-414: Was without a record company. In April 2011, EMI issued a new compilation, Very Best of Morrissey , for which the singer had chosen the track list and artwork. In March 2011, Morrissey took Ron Laffitte as his manager. In June and July 2011, Morrissey played a UK tour; during his 2011 performance at Glastonbury Festival , Morrissey criticised UK Prime Minister David Cameron for attempting to prevent
14884-410: Was working on an autobiography, and expressed criticism of reality television music shows like Pop Idol which were then in their infancy. In 2003, Morrissey signed to Sanctuary Records , where he was given the defunct reggae label Attack Records to use for his next project. Produced by Jerry Finn and recorded in both Los Angeles and Berkshire , Morrissey's seventh solo album was You Are
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