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Have you noticed that the little twittering heralds of spring have already started their early morning serenade? From the darkness of the wintry dawn pipe their cheery voices, greeting the new day while you roll over groaning 'Oh, no, not morning so soon'. Also out and about on their bellies and swinging from boughs watching our feathered friends are Galway's ornithologists yound and old, members of the Irish Wildbird Conservancy. The Galway branch of this organisation which is the largest body in Ireland concerned wholly with wildlife conservation, is over By Gia Griffiths 200 strong all devoted to the thorough insight into the welfare of o u r b i r d The telephone directory population. Last year a locality and its past. One contains all the numbers in b r a n c h (I) for y o u n g wonders why Galway city, the 091 area and numerous watchers was founded and so steeped in colourful advertisements by local history has nothing to b u s i n e s s e s a n d f i r m s . proved most successful. compare with it on so Proceeds from the publicatThis branch invites young comprehensive a scale. ion go towards holidays for people between the ages of 8 R e t i r e d s c o o l m a s t e r old folks in Butlins, the and 15 to join in on the newspaper for the blind, and coming y e a r ' s activities Neasy Cleary is the driving o t h e r G a l w a y g r o u p s . which include outings, 'talks force behind the centre as Although the directory is and nim shows. It is run by well as being a fount of free any contribution you the local branches of the Irish knowledge about the area. would like to make would be Wildbird Conservancy and He hopes to develop the welcome. It does save you the Irish Wildlife Federation genealogy end of the centre flicking through all those and aims to help young people further. It was he who Cork and Cavan names after appreciate birdlife and the g a t h e r e d much of t h e all. The amount raised by beauty and importance of material as well as finance the publication runs into nature. Already an outing to for the heritage centre, of several thousands most of Loch Rusheen has been held which quite an amount came which will be collected and events planned over the from wealthy Americans within the next few weeks coming months include an whose forebearers had come and the Lions Club sincerely outing to Ballinacourty, from the area and AnCO thanks all the advertisers Nimmo's Pier, Ballyquirke sponsored much of the who made the publication Lake and an all day outing to construction work. So if you possible. do fmd yourself in Corofin the Burren. searching for your roots and The Galway branch of the the granda came from the Next on their list of events I.W.C. assists in projects County Clare, Mr. d e a r y ' s and studies in conjunction the man to help you And is a balloon race which will them. take place around Easter. with the British Trust for W h a t h a p p e n s is t h a t O r n i t h o l o g y a n d is at h u n d r e d s of s p o n s o r e d present carrying out an balloons are let loose from Atlas of Winter Birds. Eyre Square to go where Information gathered from they will. Sponsorship for such surveys gives an overall balloons will start t o be picture of the need for c o n s e r v a t i o n of c e r t a i n F r e s h from their very collected soon a n d the species which m a y be successful food and toy person whose sponsored endangered. It also notes appeals over Christmas, the balloon travels the farthest extraordinary or unusual imaginative men of the will win a holiday for 2 in the birds spotted in the area. Galway Lions Club are Canary Islands. So not only Last year a rese coloured already flinging themselves your balloon will get to see a starling, a native of the into further fundraising bit of the world! Balloons in Middle East, was sighted in schemes. Local telephone the past have travelled as far Oughterard. directories and helium filled away as Czechoslovakia and b a l l o o n s will s o o n be Italy. Funds collected from The I.W.C. holds its heading your way and the balloon race will go m e e t i n g s o n t h e first beyond and raising a lot of towarcls a new leukaemia Wednesday of each month money along the way for unit for children in the in the Anno Santo Hotel, worthy causes. They won't hospital. So when someone T h r e a d n e e d l e R o a d in be coming together mind stops you and mutters Salthill. Young people need you, but you'd never know, something about sponsoring not be members of the they just might pull that one a balloon you'll know he has I.W.C. to join the Young off sometime. They seem to the very best intentions. Ornithologists' activities. be capable of anything! What will they think of next. More information may be had from Neil Sharkey at 66494 or Elizabeth Byrnes at 84435.

G a l w a y A d v e r t i s e r , 13tk

Jaoaaiy, 1983

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PUTTING A LOT IN...
"We get a lot out of our performances because we put a lot into them", said Bono after an absolutely fantastic show in Leisuieland on December 19th. From the moment U2 came on the stage it was obvious that this was going to be one helluva show! They opened with Out of Control, '"'Welcome home, we've waited a long time for this", and then belted into Surrender. Bono says little on stage, he belts into the songs one after the other, barely introducing them. This was a show full of energy and excitement. " I t ' s good to be back in the wild West", and at times it seemed as if things were going to get really wild. The security men on the night certainly had a tough time and they must be complimented for the way in which they bandied the fans especially the ones who beat all the odds and made it on stage. They were quite a refreshing change from the bulks who operate at our festivals. U2 performed all of their songs from their two albums Boy and October, including AH Cat Dubk, Fire, Electric Co., Gloria, Tomorrow and / Fall Doum. They also performed songs from their new album, War and also sang We Wish You a Merry Christttuu. They certainly made it a marry Christmas for two fans in particular. T h e girls who danced with Bono on stage and cried tears of joy as she hugged her hero. Then there was the young boy dressed in grey who decided he would like to help out on vocals. There were many others who managed a hand shake or just to touch a member of the band while othen failed to their great disappointment when the band left the stage a totally satisfied audience screamed for more and U2 returned to perform Celebration and then happily trooped off stage again but the crowd still wanted more and so they obliged with Fire and IJ o'clock Tick Tock.

seldom a n article written o n U 2 t h a t does n o t d r a w a t t e n t i o n t o religion a n d t h e fact t h a t U 2 w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of A d a m a r c " B o r n again Christians", a t e r m which they dislike.

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Drummer Lany rdaxing after the cortcert as usual awav from the attention. They do not particularly like t o talk a b o u t r e l i g i o n . L a r r y says t h a t h e will talk a b o u t it if s o m e b o d y is r e a l l y p r e p a r e d t o listen. H e r e k o n s I a m a good l i s t e n e r a n d t a l k s freely: "Look we believe i n G o d a n d we r e a d t h e bible. This b o m again C h r i s t i a n t h i n g is j u s t a fancy name, it's an American thing". He continues with quotes that have already been quoted in other interviews. What I am most interested in is where it all began as nobody has ever seemed to have posed this question before. Like the band it started in M t . Temple SchooL " I t is interdenominational, so we didn't study religion. W e h a d b i b l e s t u d y classes a t which most people laughed at the time. A f t e r we left school w e m e t m a n y people who h a d b e e n i n t h e s e bible classes a n d we t a l k e d a b o u t i t and we started to seriously read t h e bible. I'm from a Catholic family. Edge's parents are Protestants and Bono is from a mixed m a r iage". He is pleased with the shows and says he was afraid for the fans with all the excitement the show created. " T h e security were briefed in advance that none of our fans were to be b u n even if they made it on stage". As we part company he shakes hands very sincerely and thanks me for listening. Edge says he is not sure if he can talk or not because there is something be has to see to. He says he is influenced mainly by sixties music and by the other member of the band. He doesn't practice

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guitar because he doesn't party thing Adam says, "the have the time. He is a self anitude is let's Rock n'Roll taught musician and thinks and enjoy ourselves. Britain it's just a gift really. If I is v e r ; fashion conscious. I hadn't been a musician I like clothes but I'm not into would like to have been an wearing make up. The critics engineer". are often too concerned with Adam, the bass player says hairstyles, etc., or the guitar he is interested in sixties being slighdy out of tune". music but thinks there is a lot He says this in a mock of "crap music" around at Oxford accent. He says the the moment. At this stage n e w A l b u m " W a r is Bono is surrounded by fans different to "October" in the and is talking eagerly to all of way that "October" is them. Adam savs the other different to "Boy". members of the group are Bono says he has no real not jealous of the amount of hobbies but I'm going to let attention Bono gets. " I t ' s you into a big secret I'm a very good for the band but good Chess player. I tell him it's not good for him, he that he r e v v e d to an should get more rest. It also American magazine during means we can get to bed their tour there. So he earUer. Bono says that with promises that next time he all of the media anention comes to Galway he will "you are afraid that you will bring down a souvenir begin to think you are specially for me. He says that something special which you the "whole reUgion thing has are not. When I point out been blown totally out of that each person is special in p r o p o r t i o n . I t is very their own right he agrees fashionable in America and totally, " b u t nobody is more it's also a very big business. special than anyone else". " I believe t h a t t h e r e is I a s k A d a m i f b e i n g m o r e t o life t h a n g r o w i n g p a r t o f U 2 m a k e s up, getting a job, getting personal relationships n u u r i e d and dying". He difficult h e says n o " I s h y w a s very p l e a s e d w i t h t h e a w a y i f I feel s o m e b o d y G a l w a y gig b u t h e w a s likes m e j u s t b e c a u s e I a m a f r a i d for t h e f a n s . O n p a r t of IJ2. It s o m e t i m e s U2*s m u s i c h e says t h a t causes p r o b l e m s w i t h m y t h e lyrics a n d m u s i c a r e o w n firiends. " I will b e of e q u a l i m p o r t a n c e . H e w r i t i n g t h e m t o see u s i n says t h e fans a r e v e r y D u b l i n , they find it h a r d i m p o r t a n t t o t h e b a n d . to understand that I wont "An interview with the is just see t h e m b e c a u s e I h a v e a Galtsiay Advertiser c o m m i t m e n t t o t h e f a n s . as i m p o r t a n t a s a n y o t h e r A d a m w e a r s g l a s s e s p a p e r , o u r fans a r e very offstage a n d says t h a t h e i m p o r t a n t t o u s " , a n d a s d o e s n ' t w e a r t h e m o n you c a n sec we h a v e lots of s t a g e b e c a u s e they fall off fans h e r e . One interesting aspect is the f a a that they do w i t h t h e sweat! not have Dublin accents. " W e were well brought up Adam laughs, I think though its M t . T e m p l e t h a t ' s resptHisible fat our lack of Dublin accents. U2 are very impressive as a band and as people. They seem to have time to talk to everyone and treat everyone equally. They are certainly being nice to people on the way up . . . Finally, thanks to Eamonn McCann and Denis Desmond for their co-operation in arranging this interview. Also to Paul McGuiness, the U2 Manager and local promoter Padraic Boran, who is always helpful, informative and cooperative. Hopefully 1983 will be as good on the Uve music scene as 1982 was. Margaret CoUim.

Bass ploi/er Adam Clayton. He does not wear the glasses on stage because they fall off with aD the sweat!! A m e r i c a n is m o r e important to the group than Britain. They were very successful there last year and the new Album is aimed at America. " I n America it's a

On a Donkey in Clare
If by chance you find yourself in Corofin in the County Clare, although with all the recent petrol price increases such adventure trips through the beauties of the Burren may become less frequent, but should you find yourself there, perhaps on your bicycle or donkey or if you've figured how to run your car on chicken [droppings, you must visit the Clare Heritage Centre. This centre which is situated in a 200 year old church is a type of folk museum but a lot more besides. Opened last September by President Hillary, happy to return to his native Clare to do the [job, the centre features a number of historical and local exhibits on such themes as types of land ownership, local industry, the National Schools, the Famine, emigration, music and local wildlife as well as a whole section dealing with genealogy offering a very

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO PLAY HERE
Two international musicians will visit Galway this week--world famous American pianist Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich gives his only solo recital in Ireland this year in the Aula Maxima, UCG, on Sunday, J a n u a r y 16; c e l e b r a t e d Hungarian violinist Gyorgy Pauk j o i n s t h e Ulster Orchestra as soloist in Leisureland on Wednesday, January 19. Both concerts are being presented by "Music for Galway" and promise first-rate musical entertain-mcnt. Stephen Bishop-Koyacevich offers a programme of sonatas by Beethoveh and Schubert. Several hundred Galwegians will recall his playing of a Beethoven Concerto with the Ulster Orchestra in Seapoint in August 1981, and will be anxious to avail of this opportunity to hear him as a soloist. It is an honour for Centre of attraction U2's Galway to have engaged an lead singer Bono signs artist of this calibre--he is autographs and chats to u n d o u b t e d l y recognised fans. throughout the world over Backstage after the gig the as one of the best. group signed autographs and The Ulster Orchestra have talked to fans. There were played twice before in two girls who had travelled Galway with c o n d u c t o r Bryden Thomson, and are a aD the way fitom Manchester sensitive and disciplined especially to see U2 and the body of musicians. They group spent approximately a have received the highest half an hour with them. Bono praise from critics for is the one who attracts most concerts in the National attention so I decided to Concert Hall in Dublin. The approach drummer Larry orchestra will perform the Mullen who seldom speaks Oberon Overture by Weber, to reponers and is reckoned Dvorak's Symphony No. 6. to be the quietest member of and Brahms magnificent the group. "Often you can be Violin Concerto. misquoted and misinter' Tickets for both concerts preted", he explain*, "so I are on sale at the usual prefer to leave it to the others outlets, and will be available because they are better at at the door on each night. talking than I am". T h e r e is

Galway Debut for Mick Hanley
Top Irish Rock Band, MOVING HEARTS, introd u c e their new singer, MICK HANLEY, to Gahway audiences, when they play two c o n c e r t s at the CASTLE INN, Salthifl. on Friday, January 14 th and Saturday, J a n u a r y 15th. The two Galway concerts a r e part of a six week tour . by MOVING HEARTS t o p r o m o t e their second record, "DARK END O F THE STREET." New singer and frontman, MICK HANLEY is from Limerick and brings a wealth of songwriting talent to the group. His very funny song "ALL I REMEMBER" was released a s a single by Moving Hearts in September, 1982. When Christy Moore left Moving Hearts.

the band's natural choKe for gathered together a group a replacement was Mick of prominent Irish musicians Hanley and now after two whose aim was to find a nwnths of intense rehearsal common platform for their a n d a m o n t h of live different styles of musical concerts, the changeover is expression. Moving Hearts complete with if anything a are seeking t o evolve a much tighter, band soutid music that while being electric based eccompasses for MOVING HEARTS. MOVING HEARTS was the diverse influences of formed by Christy Moore each member. a n d D o n a l L u n n y in OKeJemtmgs. February, 1981. They had