Launch event this evening for new Shane MacGowan book by Tipperary photographer

Shane MacGowan : Songsmith, the new photographic collection by Photographer Pádraig Ó Flannabhra, is set to be launched this evening Tuesday 10 September 2024 at Nenagh Arts Centre, by Shane’s sister Siobhán MacGowan.

It is the photographer’s tribute to the legendary frontman, singer and composer of the Celtic Punk-rock group, The Pogues .

The collection for the most part features imagery from the Pogues one and only concert held at Kennedy’s Lounge on Monday night 6 January, Little Christmas, Nollaig na mBan in 1986, which saw the group perform to young and old, many of them his own nearby relations and friends.

It is the first time that most of the photographs taken by the photographer have been published in both colour and black and white.

The photograph on the cover, was first published on the Nenagh Guardian of 15 February 1986 showing the young Shane at full vocal tilt accompanied on stage by his Uncle Seán Cahill, Borrisokane and by his Cousin, Carmel Lynch, Cloughjordan.

The book is in support of UNICEF and its work in helping Palestinian children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, who are battling with hunger every waking minute all profits derived from the sales of the book will go to the charity.

Join Pádraig and Siobhán this evening from 6-9pm at Nenagh Arts Centre, when the book will be unveiled to the public for the first time.