{"id":29387,"count":3,"description":"O\u2019Donoghue\u2019s Pub, Merrion Row, Dublin, is celebrated as the birthplace of The Dubliners and a home for spontaneous traditional and folk sessions\u2014but behind the music lies a deeper story. In the 1950s and \u201960s, as waves of young people arrived from rural Ireland, the pub became a crucible where city and country styles collided. Amid post-war social change, European and American folk, skiffle, and rhythm and blues met with Irish melodies to forge a new, modern sound, yet true to the tradition. This was more than a meeting place\u2014it was the heartbeat of a cultural awakening that reshaped Irish music at home and across the world.\r\n\r\nAcross two episodes, O\u2019Donoghue\u2019s: Birthpalce of Dublin Pub Sessions brings together legendary voices\u2014, Finbar Furey, Andy Irvine, Johnny Moynihan, Paddy Keenan and others\u2014to tell the story of how a modest Dublin pub became the engine of a global folk revival. The series, produced and presented by Tommy Fegan, traces the intertwining of traditional instrumental music, ballads and protest songs, and the evolution of a living musical tradition that echoed Ireland\u2019s changing social and political landscape. This is the story of a sound\u2014and a spirit\u2014that still defines a nation.","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?cat=29387","name":"O\u2019Donoghue\u2019s: Birthplace of Dublin Pub Sessions","slug":"odonoghues-birthplace-of-dublin-pub-sessions","taxonomy":"category","parent":11,"meta":[],"z_taxonomy_image_url":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ODonohues-Group-1-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/29387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=29387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}