Three Castles Burning Live Podcast

Join us for a live podcast event of Three Castles Burning where we will be discussing the famous 1970 music festival held at Richmond Park. Host Donal Fallon will be joined by poet and local historian Michael O'Flanagan to remember that sometimes forgotten yet pivotal event that featured Thin Lizzy, Mungo Jerry, Grannnies New Intentions and more.

In 1970, the outdoor rock festival was a totally new idea in Ireland. Amidst press coverage of Woodstock and the Isle of Wight, focused on LSD and exaggerated crowd trouble, the booking of Mungo Jerry, Thin Lizzy and others for Richmond Park would be the first Dublin experience of such a festival here. Why did this festival fail? And how, just a few short years later, had the festival become such an integral part of Irish youth culture?

Three Castles Burning is a social history podcast, dedicated to the story of the Irish capital. Dublin is a city of many stories, Three Castles Burning tells some of the most forgotten ones. Donal Fallon is social historian to Dublin City Council Culture Company, presenter of the Three Castles Burning podcast, programmer at Dublin Festival of History, author & hardcore St Patrick's Athletic casual.

Duration: 1 hour