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Rory Gallagher
Taste
Thin Lizzy
Van Morrison
Bagatelle
Mama's Boys
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Atrix
The Fuze
- 1981
The Crack
Horslips - 1972
(DL)
Horslips (BK)
Horslips
Horslips
Horslips in the Studio - 1980
(DD)
Hennigan's Blooze Band -
1986
Skid Row
Stepaside
Reform
The Lookalikes
Thin Lizzy
- 1982
Lookalikes - 1981
U2
Subtle Muscle
Them - 1964
Autobop - 1982
Tokyo Olympics - 1982
Them (TP)
Time Machine - 1973
Mushroom - 1975
Peggy's Leg - 1974
Cromwell - 1974
The Gentry (DD)
The Fuze
(DD)
Mama's Boys
(DD)
Cryin' Soul - 1960's
Stop Press 70's
(AW)
Bogey Boys ('79-80)
Auto Da Fe
Blue In Heaven
Dirtywork - 1976
(BK)
Dirtywork - 1977
(BK)
The Rides
Clutch
Les Enfants - '84
(DD)
Something Happens - '80
(DD)
Pulling Faces - '84
(DD)
Light A Big Fire -'85 (DD)
Brush Shiels
Gentry - 1980's
Bogey Boys
(BK)
Zenith (BK)
Katmandu (BK)
Bagatelle - 1990's
(BK)
Dodgers
(BK)
Cactus World News -
mid 80's (DD)
Cry Before the Dawn - 1987 (DD)
Blue In Heaven - 80's
Bagatelle - 1981
The Blades
The Hustlers - 1968 (GB)
Snakehips - 1974
Stiff Little Fingers -
1977
Dr. Strangely Strange - 1971
(KS)
Casper -
1979
(CM)
Thin Lizzy - 1971
(DL)
Skid Row - 1968
Brush Shiels- 1980
Rory Gallagher - 1974
(LR)
Thin Lizzy - 1973
Those Nervous Animals -
1984
Rory Gallagher - 1973
(LR)
Horslips - 1973
(LR)
Mushroom - 1973
(LR)
Reform - 1973
(LR)
Frupp - 1973
(LR)
Terminals
(LR)
Cromwell
(LR)
The Limited Company -
1966
(LR)
Paul & The Deep Set
The gang's all here
(LR)
Moondogs - 1980
The Atrix
Protex
U2 - 1982
Teddie
& the Tigers 1967 (TP)
Horslips
(LR)
Pickford Set (LR)
Thin Lizzy
(LR)
Blue Russia - 1985
(LL)
The System - 1966
Brush Shiels Band
(PH)
Mama's Boys
(PH)
Stepaside
(PH)
Brush Sheils
(PH)
Skid Row - 1971
Eire Apparent - 1971
Thin Lizzy - 1971
Thin Lizzy - 1972
Rory Gallagher - 1978
(PH)
Skid Row
Them
Bananas - 1974
(RI)
Bananas - 1974
(RI)
Bananas - 1974
(RI)
Skid Row - 1971
Zen Alligators
The People - 1966
(MN)
Julie with The People
(MN)
Strangers - 1970
Creatures
Elmer Fudd
Crypt - 1969
(MF)
Crypt - 1969
(MF)
Crypt - 1969
(RK)
Bobby Kelly - 1973
(RK)
The Few - 1969
(RK)
The Drags
(JP)
Light
(AM)
Hennigan's Blooze Band - 1986
(LG)
Adolph J. Ragg
(DH)
The Taxi - 1971
The Urge - 1971
Vampires (JD)
The Machine (TP)
Skid Row - 1967
Bees Make Honey -1973
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Photo Credits:
(AW) Photos contributed by Alan White
(DD) Photos contributed by David Dwane of the Western
People
(BK) Photos contributed by Brian "Shorty" O'Kane
(TP) Photos contributed by Teddie Palmer
(GB) Photos contributed by Glen
Brown
(DL) Photos contributed by Dick
Lynott
(KS) Photos contributed by Kathleen
Smith
(CM) Photo contributed by Conor
McGrory
(LR) Photo contributed by Liam
O'Reilly
(WL) Photo contributed by Willie
Lynch
(LL) Photo contributed by Leon
LeCash
(RI) Photos contributed by Robin
Irvine
(MN) Photos contributed by Mike
Niblett
(JP) Photo contributed by Jody
Pollard
(MF) Photos contributed by Mark
Fitzpatrick
(RK) Photos contributed by Bobby
Kelly
(JP) Photos contributed by Jody
Pollard
(AM) Photos contributed by Albert
Mills
(LG) Photos contributed by Liam
Gilmartin
(DH) Photos contributed by Des
Hickey