Exchequer Street

I have a thing about Exchequer Street in Dublin. There's nothing particularly special about the street itself. It connects George's Street with Wicklow Street and on to Grafton Street. It's full of little clothes shops and plenty of eating places. It's got the Central Hotel on the George's Street end that is just a little too expensive for me to stay in. But I count two separate moments on that street where I was perfectly happy, both times basking in sunshine, both times on top of the world. It's my street.

My friend Anto made it even more memorable this time by revealing the secret that's behind the grim exterior of the Central Hotel. After the gig in Blanchardstown we all re-grouped in 'The Library', the hotel bar on the first floor, all pluche chairs and low lit rooms. A place to remember.