Comments on: Fergal Ó Searcaigh With A Song For Cathal http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal Offending everybody since 2006 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: artyeva http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16831 artyeva Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:12:05 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16831 oops....my bad..... ahem....... oops….my bad…..

ahem…….

]]> By: galwaywegian http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16803 galwaywegian Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:20:31 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16803 hehehe hehehe

]]> By: Roisin http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16798 Roisin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:07:27 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16798 He gave his papers, writings etc., to the County Council about 7 years ago and, in return, he lives rent free for the rest of his natural. A grant of in excess of Euro 200,000 was/is allocated to extend the house and turn it into a Tyrone Gutherie- style writers retreat. The sum of 12,000 Euro is the cnuas from Aosdana which is paid annually for five years in order to help writers devote themselves to their work and not have to do other stuff in order to support themselves. Can't see that the writers/retreat centre will become reality now. What I find most depressing about this story is the amount of people who must have been very aware of COS's predelictions all along - and also the fact that the object of his first love, now a married man, has been easily identified within the local community and has had COS pin his dysfunctional life on the fact that this man did not reciprocate his love. Not only women can bunny boil! So much of the way COS behaves, with the self focus and the being taken care of and having real life human 'toys' to occupy his nights and which he discards so easily, is so childlike. And possibly, for that reason too, he is likely to be total meltdown and has no facility to understand the outrage. The ones who really need their arses kicked are the Aosdana folk who have weighed in like furious parents with all the 'these rules do not apply to my lad' attitude that furious parents use. He gave his papers, writings etc., to the County Council about 7 years ago and, in return, he lives rent free for the rest of his natural. A grant of in excess of Euro 200,000 was/is allocated to extend the house and turn it into a Tyrone Gutherie- style writers retreat. The sum of 12,000 Euro is the cnuas from Aosdana which is paid annually for five years in order to help writers devote themselves to their work and not have to do other stuff in order to support themselves. Can’t see that the writers/retreat centre will become reality now.
What I find most depressing about this story is the amount of people who must have been very aware of COS’s predelictions all along - and also the fact that the object of his first love, now a married man, has been easily identified within the local community and has had COS pin his dysfunctional life on the fact that this man did not reciprocate his love. Not only women can bunny boil!
So much of the way COS behaves, with the self focus and the being taken care of and having real life human ‘toys’ to occupy his nights and which he discards so easily, is so childlike. And possibly, for that reason too, he is likely to be total meltdown and has no facility to understand the outrage. The ones who really need their arses kicked are the Aosdana folk who have weighed in like furious parents with all the ‘these rules do not apply to my lad’ attitude that furious parents use.

]]> By: Collywobbles http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16775 Collywobbles Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:30:40 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16775 very funny, in a very dark sort of way. very funny, in a very dark sort of way.

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16763 Bock Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:44:24 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16763 I didn't say anything about the Arts Council. I was talking about the County Council. (Infinitely older, you say?) I didn’t say anything about the Arts Council.

I was talking about the County Council.

(Infinitely older, you say?)

]]> By: artyeva http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16760 artyeva Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:02:04 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16760 you said at the end of your post that the arts council paid for his house - i don't want to disagree with you as you seem infinitely older and wiser than i - but i think the arts council only gave him a GRANT to do it up....something like 12 grand.....i think........ it's still disgusting though.... i went to art college (in limerick as it happens) and once applied to the arts council for a grant of 500 pounds (for twas not today nor yesterday) and was turned down....... maybe i should have applied to Bertie-Bank.... you said at the end of your post that the arts council paid for his house - i don’t want to disagree with you as you seem infinitely older and wiser than i - but i think the arts council only gave him a GRANT to do it up….something like 12 grand…..i think……..

it’s still disgusting though…. i went to art college (in limerick as it happens) and once applied to the arts council for a grant of 500 pounds (for twas not today nor yesterday) and was turned down…….

maybe i should have applied to Bertie-Bank….

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16758 Bock Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:17:35 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16758 "A good heart is hard to find". Shite song. I think he also did something with Alison Moyet. “A good heart is hard to find”. Shite song.

I think he also did something with Alison Moyet.

]]> By: problemchildbride http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16757 problemchildbride Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:00:10 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/03/fergal-o-searcaigh-with-a-song-for-cathal#comment-16757 He was so much better with The Undertones. He had a solo song out that did quite well in the 80s, I think. I can't remember the song, only that we used to call him Fergal Chin. Children can be so cruel. He was so much better with The Undertones. He had a solo song out that did quite well in the 80s, I think. I can’t remember the song, only that we used to call him Fergal Chin. Children can be so cruel.

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