Homage to Christy Moore

Christy Moore

Two moments of serendipity have led to me being a fan, then a bigger fan, of the Irish singer, Christy Moore.

Moore is aged 71, and has been an acclaimed singer, songwriter and sometimes controversialist since the 1960s. Although I like Irish folk/rock music (Van Morrison, Dubliners, Pogues), I wasn’t aware of Moore until a year or so ago.

With God on Whose Side..

With God on Whose Side..

I receive various departmental alumni publications from my undergraduate university – even from a department for a subject I never studied academically. The material includes interesting and easily digested articles by faculty members – essentially versions of their “proper” academic work, gutted of the dense scholarship (mostly) and currently prevailing subject jargon (mostly).