tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post7481874379248863115..comments2024-02-14T10:12:46.994+00:00Comments on From My Kitchen Table: STARDUSTBarbara Scullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-62257134038760545352015-02-13T20:50:41.096+00:002015-02-13T20:50:41.096+00:00My uncle is a fireman, and he went back into the f...My uncle is a fireman, and he went back into the fire so many times to bring people out, his lungs collapsed. He spent a week in hospital and was awarded a medal for bravery. Such a terrible tragedy. Lovely piece Barbara Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108603724986437046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-56360382137635815352012-02-14T12:11:06.080+00:002012-02-14T12:11:06.080+00:00Good to see they are remembered. Several were past...Good to see they are remembered. Several were past pupils of our school. It was a tragic week. One of my L.Certs was working at the bar but thankfully was not hurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-6627809672370857822011-02-18T00:56:02.456+00:002011-02-18T00:56:02.456+00:00I remember that awful tragedy. My first child was...I remember that awful tragedy. My first child was born, well actually today is his birthday, and the headlines in the paper on Feb. 17, 1981 were the first of the Stardust funerals. I am relieved to find someone else experiences dreams like this.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-73600747911085180722011-02-15T11:23:07.473+00:002011-02-15T11:23:07.473+00:00Again thank you all for your comments. those of u...Again thank you all for your comments. those of us in Ireland are familiar with the fact that the families are still waiting for justice and for answers. This makes me very cross indeed. 30 years is a cruel length of time to have passed with no real closure. One wonders if this disaster had happened in (as it was known then) Blinkers (Leopardstown) would the outcome have been the same?<br /><br />I want to thank particularly audreyb and mofraz for their comments and their poignant links. Your contribution makes this story real again. Maurice - we probably met - all those years ago!Barbara Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-35020673170240814022011-02-14T23:40:06.308+00:002011-02-14T23:40:06.308+00:00A nice piece, My sister Thelma & her boyfriend...A nice piece, My sister Thelma & her boyfriend Michael had booked a Holiday, I'm sure I went into your office in person to cancel their Holiday after both of them perished in that fire.<br /><br />Maurice Frazer<br />mofrazer@ gmail.com <br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/mofrazer/mo frazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18183781459474208297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-40658056333089883932011-02-14T21:18:26.497+00:002011-02-14T21:18:26.497+00:00I just finished working on a short piece for a fri...I just finished working on a short piece for a friend, its a poem that was written by one of the victems (martina keegan) for her boyfriend David Morton (mentioned above) <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ-FgPFi-uw<br />its a sad sad day rip all 48.audreybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376128452843555838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-50584998989206256282011-02-14T17:11:50.254+00:002011-02-14T17:11:50.254+00:00Barbara, I lived about 10minutes away from the Sta...Barbara, I lived about 10minutes away from the Stardust and a lot of the people who so sadly died were related to school friends.<br />It was a horrible tragedy and when I pass by the area where it was even nowadays I get a shiver up my spine. I would say you definitely picked up the pain and sadness in your dreams. May they rest in peace!Brigid O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646687391409208367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-3430187476446839032011-02-14T04:11:17.786+00:002011-02-14T04:11:17.786+00:00I'm sure you did feel that energy, that pain a...I'm sure you did feel that energy, that pain and it translated into a nightmare that you still remember to this day. I've had dreams that are comforting, ones that scare me so bad I wake up shaking, and ones that are recurring. Fascinating stuff, what dreams are made of.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-75784092017328511612011-02-14T00:52:05.415+00:002011-02-14T00:52:05.415+00:00Such horrible tragedies that people endure! And ho...Such horrible tragedies that people endure! And how close it still is to you or you wouldn't have such nightmares. And how blessed you were, as you say, to still be here. And I'm certain that those who died that day ARE resting in peace. Now it is for us to go on and try to help create a more peaceful world for those of us who are still on earth, living out our lives, however brief or long they might be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-15766612528349273952011-02-13T23:40:17.117+00:002011-02-13T23:40:17.117+00:00I was a bit older - by 6 years - and it was a very...I was a bit older - by 6 years - and it was a very special night for me as we decided to set a wedding date that night. Now-hubby and me were in the Abbey Mooney for a a drink (soft!) before I went to Mount Carmel for the 11-7 night shift (agency nursing) and he went off home. Sometime during a quiet night shift news began to filter in of a fire in a nightclub on the Northside. I lived in Drumcondra and often cycled out to Raheny to St. Joseph's Hospital and I knew every corner of Dublin by bike from the diversity of agency nursing. I remember cycling home after that night not knowing the full extent of the disaster - no Twitter or FB then, and no mobile phones. I think I had phone contact with Jan at some stage, but that's a bit blurry. What I do recall is the chill cycling down Orwell Road and home through a deserted city at dawn. Horrific days followed as the hospitals filled with injured and I was on night duty in the Mater and Jervis Street a lot. It was desolation like I hadn't seen since the Dublin bombings in 74 when I was a student. I missed those by minutes as I slept in a friend's flat in Dartry that day - on nights and would normally cycle from Drumcondra thru' Parnell St. or North Earl St. Horrific times. We talked about it last night - every year it comes back to haunt us, the Stardust. RIP to all and may their families find justice one day, though I fear they won't - big developers will probably take over the site one day.<br />CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-68745656604378246332011-02-13T20:28:30.778+00:002011-02-13T20:28:30.778+00:00Thanks Maureen.. I do think that our public venues...Thanks Maureen.. I do think that our public venues are safer since the Stardust.. thanks for the comment.<br /><br />Hi Debbie - thanks for commenting. RIP your friend David Morton.Barbara Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-82791499373604663862011-02-13T19:38:25.051+00:002011-02-13T19:38:25.051+00:00Excellent post - well done. A friend of mine Davi...Excellent post - well done. A friend of mine David Morton died that night. I will never forget the funeral and the sense of total loss among the community - it still exists today.<br />DebbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-12700804471561723942011-02-13T19:28:11.516+00:002011-02-13T19:28:11.516+00:00Gosh Barbara I never knew you had that nightmare t...Gosh Barbara I never knew you had that nightmare that night! I remember that terrible morning so well hearing the terrible news. Have we learnt from it I wonder? Or are young people still crammed into overcrowded venues as profit input before safety? <br />Thanks for nudging us to stop and think about the deceased and their brave families who fought so hard for justice and answers.maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900099047653883516noreply@blogger.com