History & The Arts
Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
...type of Irishness was encouraged. An Irishness that was not bound with politics or religion, but was fluid and heavily anchored in music and collective memories, enabling all other connotations to be temporarily suspended. The importance of Gallagher’s music to Belfast is best captured in the documentary Irish Tour ’74. His performance of ‘Goin’ to My Hometown’...