THE SOCIAL NETWORK:Paul McGuinness was mobbed on the steps of the Little Museum of Dublin on Thursday evening when he arrived to open an exhibition of rare photographs of U2 by Patrick Brocklebank. Fans asked him to pose for photographs, and got him to sign CDs and books. Trevor White, the museum's founder, navigated him to the door.
McGuinness’ wife, Kathy Gilfillan, waited inside. She told me that she hadn’t set eyes on the photographs for a long time and was glad to see them again.
The photographs were taken in 1978, when the Dublin rock band was beginning to make waves on the Irish music scene.
White welcomed developer Harry Crosbie: “I’ve been trying to get you in here for the past year.” Crosbie said that when he first saw U2 perform in the Dandelion Market, “I knew they’d never make it. It just goes to show what I know about rock ’n’ roll.”
Niall Stokes of Hot Press remembered seeing the pictures at the time they were taken, and publishing some of them.
The former chairman of An Taisce, Michael Smith, was deep in conversation with former leader of the Green Party John Gormley and Cllr Mannix Flynn.
Tara Murphy of Solomon Fine Art said she was busy preparing for an exhibition of bronzes by Anthony Scott. It will be opened next Thursday by John Osborne, the chief executive of the National Stud, where the queen unveiled a sculpture by Scott last year.
Ruth Kelly from Brittas, Co Wicklow, who works as event manager for Davy stockbrokers, was accompanied by Stephen Lalor. He’s home on a flying visit from the University of Michigan, where he is a research fellow at the department of neurology, researching multiple sclerosis.
What we ateFlapjacks made by Trevor's wife, Susan Jane White
