Border Bard

Dundalk has never enjoyed the popular national cultural cache that some other Irish towns did. Even souless dormitory An Uaimh had its "Navan Man" period. Now one man threatens to propel the Town into the nation's contemporary artistic consciousness. Jinx Lennon - the putative (stylistic) spawn of Bob Dylan and Eminem according to one critic. Visit his site and listen to some of the songs available there. Not immediately registering on the sweet melody scale, there is "a terrible beauty" about Jinx's work and a dissonance based charm about his work. His lyrics delivered in that unflinchingly proud North Louth accent are a delicious if not immediately obvious pleasure...kind of like the taste of poiteen or hot chilli paste.

Dundalk Heartbreak - Fully Audited.

The Town consigned to the dubious delights of the first division for another season. It seems that the decision was not made by the usual football criteria - ie final position in the table, or performance in the play-offs. Rather, in a sign of the globalized managerialist consultanist times in which we live, it was some sort of TQM type "audit" which deemed Dundalk unfit for the new elite of Irish domestic soccer. Benchmarking and the ISO finally reach what we quaintly used to refer to as LOI in my youth. Hopefully, Dundalk can recover their poise and determination for next season. The club's run in after a disastrous start to the season just completed was remarkable. If Gill can remain at the helm and the squad can be kept intact, things look good for the next campaign.