Roisin Dubh Trust

Hi all,

I would like to announce Irelands First Ever Philip Lynott of Thin Lizzy Art & Photographic Exhibition to be held at The Riverside Gallery in the Bridgewater Shopping Centre Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

From Monday April 27th to Friday May 8th 2009. Admission is Free! Donations will be accepted.

(We made The Irish Independent on Monday April 6th edition in both issues on pages 9 and 32 after a promo photo shoot on Sat April 4th.) Many thanks to Philomena and all the artists who showed up that day.

Philomena has given me her approval for this event.
We also hope to have Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick as our special guest. To Be Confirmed.

The event will be advertised Nationally and Flyers will be handed out at all Tribute and Thin Lizzy events in Ireland.

Impressions of Philip from various artists will be on show for sale and display purposes only, also photographs of Thin Lizzy from early 1970's to 1980's.

Artwork for sale will have 50% of proceeds to charity and 50% to artist.

The Gallery is Arklow newest and modern visual display area overlooking the river Avoca and Arklow town.

Charities for 2009 are The Sri Lankan Orphanage Appeal, Arklow Drugs Awareness and The Roisin Dubh Trust.

Upto a dozen or more artists are involved, varying from caricaturists to cartoonists. from the National Press, The Beano, Walt Disney also local artists, Thin Lizzy fanatics etc..

Some of the artist involved are:

Mark Baker, Niall O'Loughlin, Tom Mathews, Terry Willers, Smiley Bolger, Lauren Moore
Peter McMorine UK, Greg Hart UK, Lindsay Wright UK, St. Pauls Gallery Birmingham, Bernard Kuehne Germany.
Local artists Rod Coyne, Robert Tyrell, Michael O'Connor, Peter Rees, Patrick Power .

Displays by:
Philomena Lynott, Ray Wright Official Roisin Dubh Photographer (Dublin), Mark Talbot Photographer ( Bray, Co. Wicklow ) and Colm Weadick.

Curator and Arklow's Friends of Philo Tribute organizer Colm Weadick will be on hand from 1pm - 7pm Monday - Friday and 11pm - 5pm Sat, Sun and Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday 5th

Check out YOUTUBE ( VIBE 2009 FRIENDS OF PHILO )
Colm announces Exhibition to VIBE 2009 audience thanks to Smiley Bolger.

Also http://www.hotpress.ie Irelands Top Music magazine and type in Philip Lynott Exhibition.


colm.weadick@gmail.com
myspace.com/friendsofphilo@eircom.net

Friends of Philo would also like to announce Arklow's second tribute to Philip 'Shades of a Blue Orphanage' on Sunday May 3rd at the Arklow Bay Hotel.

Kicking off the night with Keith Grogan (Dublin)on acoustic guitar, followed by Irelands own Jimi Hendrix, The Brian Meakin Experience then we have HUSH from Arklow and back by popular demand Avalanche (Arklow), with some surprises on the night and ending the night with the fabulous RENEGADE from Navan.

Doors open 8.30pm, Start at 9.00pm sharp! Full Bar Extension

Tickets €20.00 on sale from April 25th 2009, from Arklow Bay Hotel , Earls Newsagents Main Street, Wicklow Town and at Exhibition.

T-shirts on sale €15.00 each,
Tribute shirts in black and Exhibition shirts in white.

Also mini raffles each night in Sally O'Briens and a Monster raffle for excellent prizes with draw taking place in Sally O'Briens on Monday May 4th at 11pm.

Signed paintings by artist and Philomena up for grabs.

There will be extra music at The Thin Lizzy HQ: Sally O'Briens free of charge.

Friday May 1st : Who's Eddie 10pm - Late ( No cover charge )

Saturday May 2nd: Double Bill of music ( No cover charge )

HUSH 8.30pm - 10.00pm
AVALANCHE 10.30pm - Late plus DISCO

Monday May 4th: Brian Meakin Experience 8.30pm - Late ( No cover charge )
Monster Raffle Draw with over €2,000.00 worth of Prizes, draw at 10.00pm.

Tuesday May 5th: Colly ( My Birthday ) 8.30pm - Late ( No cover charge )

For people travelling from abroad please check:

In Dublin allow one hour from Airport or Ferry Ports to Busaras Bus Depot or Connolly Train Station.

New Airport Bus Route
Airport Bus Dublin to Arklow Town Centre
Adult €23.50 return journey
Bus Service No: 002 at Atrium Road, Stop No: 8
http://www.buseireann.ie
00 353 1 836 6111
Buses run every hour on the hour from Airport but at various times for return journey from Arklow.

http://www.irishrail.ie for Train timetables and rates from Dublin - Rosslare Europort connection or Rosslare - Dublin if travelling from Pembroke. Distance 1.5hrs to Arklow from Rosslare or Dublin.
Arklow is enroute via Train. Train return from Arklow only at certain times.

http://www.buseireann.ie for Bus timetables and rates from Dublin - Rosslare Express Services or Rosslare - Dublin. Distance same as above.
Arklow again enroute. Bus return every hour daily and certain times on weekends and bankholidays.

Hotels in Arklow:

A. Arklow Bay Hotel ****4 Star Hotel 00353 (0) 40232309 venue for Tribute night,
(Special Offer for two nights B&B and one dinner €139.00 per person sharing ring Kris at reservations and ask for Thin Lizzy Bankholiday Special Offer)

B. Sally O'Brien's ( Nightclub ) Bruce (Chef) 00353 (0) 868069245 chefbruce666@yahoo.co.uk or 00353 (0) 40232524
THIN LIZZY TRIBUTE HQ €50 B&B only per person and €50 B&B only Single rate per person per night from Friday May 1st until Monday May 4th, stay Monday May 4th and get this night free. 25 rooms available book early to avoid disappointment.

C. Hoey's Bridge Hotel 00353 (0) 40231666, ask for Jim or Patrick


Bed and Breakfast's , Guesthouses:

1. Port-A-CHALAIGH ( Dublin Rd, Ferrybank ) c/o Mrs. Irene Sweeney 00353 (0) 40232641,
2. PINEBROOK ( Ticknock Lane ) c/o Mrs. Geraldine Nicholson 00353 (0) 40231527,
3. DOBAN ( Dublin Rd, Templerainey ) c/o Mrs. Catherine Dunne 00353 (0) 40232580,
4. RIVERSIDE B&B ( The Brook, South Quay ) c/o Mrs. Mary Keogh 00353 (0) 40239636,
B&B's 1 - 4 , 5 mins walk to Arklow Bay Hotel, 3 mins walk to Bridgewatercentre.

5. SNUGHARBOUR ( beside Golf Links ) c/o Mrs. Betty English 00353 (0) 40232509*,
6. RIVER VIEW ( Vale Road ) c/o Mrs. Frances Doyle 00353 (0) 40232601*,
7. CLAREMOUNT HOUSE ( Vale Road ) c/o Mrs. Deirdre Ivers 00353 (0) 40239587*,
8. VALE VIEW ( Coolgreany Road ) c/o Mrs. Lourdes Crotty 00353 (0) 40232622*,
9. VALENTIA ( Coolgreany Road ) c/o Mrs. Deirdre Power-Bishop 00353 (0) 40239200*,
10. ROCKLEA ( Wexford Road ) c/o Mrs. Sheila Byrne 00353 (0) 40232637*,
11. FAIRY LAWN ( Wexford Road ) c/o Mrs. Rta Kelly 00353 (0) 40232790*,
B&B's 1 - 11 are situated in Arklow town and area.

12. MONEYLANDS FARM ( Wexford Road, near Servier ) c/o Mrs. Lille Byrne 00353 (0) 40232259*
2km outside town, also self catering apartments.

* TAXI Required.

Book accomodation early to avoid disappointment, 1st weekend in May a Bankholiday weekend for Ireland and UK.

Extra accomodation will be added to site and any bargains obtained will be recommended to Lizzy supporters.



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Friend of Philo,

Colm

sounds GREAT Colm . . . happy to carry any/all details here

Having just gotten back from Vibe 09 (AWESOME is the only word that best describes last weekend!) and met Colm (Ace bloke who is running this event) I will make every effort to attend.

Having seen some examples of the artwork I urge all you Lizzy fans to make the trip over. The opportunity to meet with Jim Fitzpatrick who did the artwork on some of the albums would be intresting.

Perhaps Colm can organise it with a local hotel to get us a good rate and we can all stay in the same place. I'll suggest it to him.

I plan to fly out Sat 2 May and stay till Tuesday.

So come on all you Lizzy fans, do yourself a favour and come to Arklow for the Gig and take in the exhibition of art/photo work.

George Frith
Leicester, England

hi george, i am going to arklow too, arriving on the friday and staying till tuesday.gonna be stayimng at sally o briens so let me know if you are around and we can have a few jars, i am going to be bringing some of my paintings of Phil and Lizzy as well and will be displaying at the exhibition.hope to see ya around.

Me, Simon, Liz and another Simon are catching the boat over from Wales on Friday. Staying at North Star in Dublin overnight. Visiting the grave and statue and then coming to Arklow. See ya Saturday late pm/evening!

hey george, i will be around ,somewhere, come and make yaself known mate, i will be wearing a cutoff denim jacket with a luminous philip painting on the back.