Luke Kelly’s legacy and contributions to Irish music and culture have been described as “iconic” and have been captured in a number of documentaries and anthologies.
The influence of his Scottish grandmother was influential in Kelly’s help in preserving important traditional Scottish songs such as “Mormond Braes”, the Canadian folk song “Peggy Gordon”, Robert Burns’ “Parcel of Rogues”, “Tibbie Dunbar”, Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, and Thurso Berwick’s “Scottish Breakaway”.
The Ballybough Bridge in the north inner city of Dublin was renamed the Luke Kelly Bridge, and in November 2004 Dublin City Council voted unanimously to erect a bronze statue of Luke Kelly. However, the Dublin Docklands Authority subsequently stated that it could no longer afford to fund the statue. In 2010, councillor Christy Burke of Dublin City Council appealed to members of the music community including Bono, Phil Coulter and Enya to help build it.
Paddy Reilly recorded a tribute to Kelly entitled “The Dublin Minstrel”. It featured on his Gold And Silver Years, Celtic Collections and the Essential Paddy Reilly CD’s. The Dubliners recorded the song on their Live at Vicar Street DVD/CD. The song was composed by Declan O’Donoghue, the Racing Correspondent of The Irish Sun.
At Christmas 2005 writer-director Michael Feeney Callan’s documentary, Luke Kelly: The Performer, was released and outsold U2’s latest DVD during the festive season and into 2006, acquiring platinum sales status. The documentary told Kelly’s story through the words of the Dubliners, Donovan, Ralph McTell and others and featured full versions of rarely seen performances such as the early sixties’ Ed Sullivan Show. A later documentary, Luke Kelly: Prince of the City, was also well received.
In September 1988 a monument was erected to commemorate Kelly in the Larkhill area of Whitehall, where he had lived.
Two statues of Kelly were unveiled in Dublin in January 2019, to mark the 35th anniversary of his death. One, a life-size seated bronze by John Coll, is on South King Street. The second sculpture, a marble portrait head by Vera Klute, is on Sheriff Street. The Klute sculpture was vandalised on several occasions in 2019 and 2020, in each case being restored by graffiti-removal specialists.
A VISIT TO THE TU DUBLIN CAMPUS – I USED A SONY VG10E AND A 70-200MM LENS
I am trying to decide what equipment to bring with me when I visit Belfast at the end of March so I am experimenting with different combinations.
Earlier in the week I used my Sony A7RIV for video and was very disappointed with the sound quality because of wind noise … the video recordings were effectively unusable. I then examined the possibility of purchasing a Sony ECM-B1M digital microphone but discovered that it will not be possible to get one before April or even May.
I have a VG10E camcorder which I purchased just before Christmas 2010. This particular unit accepts Sony E-Mount lens but for some weird reason it only produced JPEG stills but the big problem for me is that there is no way of geotagging the captured images. Anyway, today I decided experiment using a Sonf FE 70-200MM F2.8 GM lens.
To be honest I have always liked the VG10E and it did come with an excellent lens which was the reason why I purchased the camera in the first place. Later I sold the lens for more than I paid for the total package. The unit has two major advantages in that the batteries last for hours and the files are very small.
G Master design combines extraordinary sharpness and smooth bokeh, Constant F2.8 max aperture maintain exposure and depth of field. Weight 1480 g (without tripod mount)
Class-leading min. focus distance of 37.8” / 0. 25x max. mag, Dual floating focus system for high AF speed and precision, XA, ED/Super ED elements and Nano AR Coating for superb resolution
Aspherical elements & 11-blade circular aperture for gorgeous bike, Min. focus breathing and par focal design ideal for video, Direct coupled mechanical focus system for precise manual focus
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