The Covers of Spotlight
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Spotlight / New Spotlight / Starlight Magazine
Although
now just a distant memory, Spotlight magazine (renamed New Spotlight and then Starlight) provided a weekly update on all things entertainment in Ireland and across the world
between 1963 and 1980. It
advertised itself as "Ireland's No. 1 Young Entertainment Weekly" and was a source of news about your favorite Irish acts.
A search of the Internet today has turned up no information on the magazine or its history except for quotes from articles such as we have here on our site. One of the most interesting columns for bands was "Boyd's
Eye View," a weekly travelogue compiled by Julie Boyd. It was not uncommon to find Julie thumbing a lift from one dance to another or bump into her almost anywhere in the country as she traveled around writing about the band scene in Ireland.
More to come.......
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1969 (V2/#36) |
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22, 1969 (V2/#42) |
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1970 (V4/#4) |
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23, 1970 (V4/#7) |
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20, 1971 (V4/#40) |
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19, 1971 (V5/#2) |
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1972 (V6/#4) |
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1973 (V6/#34) |
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31, 1974 (V7/#31) |
Sep. 12, 1974 (V8/#11) |
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9, 1975 (V8/#28) |
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May 24,
1979 (V4/#14) |
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