Brendan Behan?
Posted:
Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:36 amby strummercalling
I have a question regarding this picture of Shane...
Who is that in the picture on the wall? Is it Brendan Behan?
If so, has anyone ever seen this photo anywhere else? I would love to see a clearer version...
Thanks.
Posted:
Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:03 amby CraigBatty
It looks a bit like an elder MacGowan male to me, but I confess, 'tis slightly Brendan-ish as well....
Posted:
Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:02 amby strummercalling
Fintan wrote:It looks a bit like an elder MacGowan male to me, but I confess, 'tis slightly Brendan-ish as well....
Yes, I figured if it by any chance was him it would have to be
very young photo, since I've never seen him look quite like that.
Anyway, thanks for all the replies!
Posted:
Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:25 pmby RoddyRuddy
Sadly I did not know who it was in the photo but asked on PRS & got the below response :
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Peter
Shane found the picture in Dominic Behan's book, Teems of Times and Happy Returns (1961), where it's captioned ''Brendan Behan at the time of his arrest in 1942'' credited to The People - so not from Dominic. Here Shane would also have read:
''I decided to write poetry. Of course I needed to start somewhere, so I searched for inspiration among poets who were already known to the public and began:
A man's ambition must be small,
To write his name on a shitehouse wall.
I got that one from the lavatory on the North Circular and rubbed the inscription off when I noted it, in case Charlie Mac and all would realise that I was not completely original.''
27.01.2007 - 04:49
Peter
roddyruddy, there's an interesting story about that photograph, which Behan's editor, Rae Jeffs, tells in her brilliant memoir of the man:
''While he was still in the Balaeric Isles...Behan had the idea that it would be a good thing if Borstal Boy carried a photograph of himself in his teens, as this would match the book better than an up-to-date portrait. But he did not possess one of himself during the period concerned, and could scarcely ask the Home Secretary for an official photograph, so he persuaded a Spaniard, who resembled him closely at the same age, to stand in for him wearing a large placard around his neck with the words BRENDAND BEHAN 4738501 written in block capitals underneath it...''
27.01.2007 - 03:29
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Posted:
Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:36 amby strummercalling
RoddyRuddy wrote:Sadly I did not know who it was in the photo but asked on PRS & got the below response :
Quote >>>>>>>>................................."
Peter
Shane found the picture in Dominic Behan's book, Teems of Times and Happy Returns (1961), where it's captioned ''Brendan Behan at the time of his arrest in 1942'' credited to The People - so not from Dominic. Here Shane would also have read:
''I decided to write poetry. Of course I needed to start somewhere, so I searched for inspiration among poets who were already known to the public and began:
A man's ambition must be small,
To write his name on a shitehouse wall.
I got that one from the lavatory on the North Circular and rubbed the inscription off when I noted it, in case Charlie Mac and all would realise that I was not completely original.''
27.01.2007 - 04:49
Peter
roddyruddy, there's an interesting story about that photograph, which Behan's editor, Rae Jeffs, tells in her brilliant memoir of the man:
''While he was still in the Balaeric Isles...Behan had the idea that it would be a good thing if Borstal Boy carried a photograph of himself in his teens, as this would match the book better than an up-to-date portrait. But he did not possess one of himself during the period concerned, and could scarcely ask the Home Secretary for an official photograph, so he persuaded a Spaniard, who resembled him closely at the same age, to stand in for him wearing a large placard around his neck with the words BRENDAND BEHAN 4738501 written in block capitals underneath it...''
27.01.2007 - 03:29
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Thanks a lot for that very detailed answer! Looks like that photo is even more interesting than I thought... Great quote from the book as well.
Thanks again!
Posted:
Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:37 pmby ohAonghusa
If it looks like Behan and it drinks like Behan. You've got Behan.
Posted:
Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:18 pmby DownInTheGround
I have never actually got round to reading any Behan, is it something i should be doing?
Posted:
Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 pmby DownInTheGround
Fintan wrote:DownInTheGround wrote:I have never actually got round to reading any Behan, is it something i should be doing?
Yes.
Well, i will get onto it straight away.
Posted:
Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:00 pmby IrishRover
DownInTheGround wrote:I have never actually got round to reading any Behan, is it something i should be doing?
yan can loisten too, Auld Triangle performed by Pogues, Dropkoicks and many others are Behan's lyrics
Posted:
Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:09 pmby ohAonghusa
Brendan Behan's brother Dominic also a talented songwriter.
Posted:
Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:30 amby fluke
DownInTheGround wrote:I have never actually got round to reading any Behan, is it something i should be doing?
Yes! If you like reading books even a little bit you should read behan.. loved it even more when I got to know him a bit better..
