Finbarr Doherty & The Henry Girls, Workman’s Club 11th Feb 2012

Observant readers will remember Finbarr Doherty from Carndonagh band 33rd Hurricane. 33rd Hurricane were Finbarr (vocals, guitar), Liam Bradley (drums, backing vocals), Delilah Cuddihy (keyboards, backing vocals), John McGrory (guitar), and Neil McGrory (bass). The band appeared on RTE TV in the early 1990s on shows On The Waterfront and 2fm Beatbox.

Finbarr is still treading the boards and can be seen on February 11th in Dublin’s Workmans Club where he shares a double header with fellow Inishowen natives The Henry Girls for a recession busting €10. Finbarr released his third solo album ‘Skyscrapers’ in July 2011.

The Henry Girls have just released their fourth album ‘December Moon’ and have embarked on an extensive tour of Ireland and Germany.

These two 33rd Hurricane compositions can be found on the Danceline Records ‘Nationwide Vol 2‘ compilation.

Goodbye (1989)

December Days (1989)

Shark Bait

From Dublin Shark Bait were Dave Finnegan (guitar & vocals), Feargal Heapes (guitar), Simon Farrell (bass) and Martin Farrell (drums). These two tracks appeared on the 1988 Comet Tape 3 compilation.

Cemetary Rock (1988)

Problem Child (1988)

The Foreign Correspondents

Formed in 1990 with all members based or from Navan Road/Cabra area, The Foreign Correspondents were Niall Nolan (vocals), Rory McGarry (guitar), Eamonn Kelly (bass) and Morgan Mullen (drums). They recorded a Fanning session in mid 1992 and three of those tracks ‘Abelard’, ‘Soulfish’ and ‘Rush’ can be heard below. The fourth song ‘Windmills’ is for now “lost to posterity”.

06 – Abelard by Ruadhri Ardiff

07 – Soulfish by Ruadhri Ardiff

08 – Rush by Ruadhri Ardiff

The 3355409′s

Another Cork act to feature on the Comet LP Two compilation were The 3355409′s. According to ‘Cork Rock‘ the original lineup comprised Dave O’Connell (guitar), Jerry Buckley (bass), Stephanie Vink, Ruth Beecher (vocals) and Anne O’Halloran (drums) and were active 1987-1989. IrishRock.org however lists the lineup as Ruth Beecher (vocals), Dave O’Connell (guitar), Jerry Buckley (bass), Paul Prior (drums) and the dates as 1984-1989. Both agree that Morty McCarthy (drums) and Paul Linehan (bass) also featured. Check out some of the band in the comments to this Dublin Opinion article on 80s Irish psychobilly.

Barbarous (1987)