Interesting article by Cathal Brennan on how jazz was once considered the 'greatest danger to Irish civilisation' by certain nationalists.
The Anti-Jazz Campaign | The Irish Story
A Catholic priest in Longford led a campaign through the Gaelic league against jazz music and tried to have Minister for Finance Sean MacEntee sacked for listening to it. Crazy stuff.
Also subject of an RTE radio documentary here.
RT.ie Radio 1: Documentary on One - Down with jazz: Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's
Great thread. I heard about this years ago but had forgotten. De Valera apparently considered Jazz "evil" and "immoral".Originally Posted by JohnD66
Hysterical reactionary nutjobs whipping up mass hysteria over some nonsense "moral panic"...nothing new. What surprises me is that this kind of idiocy has been going on for thousands of years and people still fall for it.
Anyone trying to push emotional buttons and manipulate your emotional state in order to get you to do something you wouldn't normally do is almost certainly a conman.
I mean, come on, my parents taught me that when I was a small child! Why are people so susceptible to this sort of blatantly transparent bogeymonstering?
You know what's really worrying is that the likes of Fr Peter Conferey, who led the campaign, probably believed absolutely in what he was doing.
I'd almost prefer if he was a conman.
Thanks for posting this. Most interesting.
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Mad. Good post. It's always entertaining to read about what our forebears thought was good (or bad) for us!
Libertarian - conservative
Lol, these nonsensical attempts at censorship happen every decade, the only difference is the medium being protested against;
All things should be considered in the context of the time they occur , but this was still absolute madness. References to " jungle music " etc was laughable.
Is ait an mac an saol.
I remember seeing an old story about this in Cashel notes of the local newspaper from the thirties.. the local council banned jazz from the community hall.. the FFers were against it, while the blueshirts were for it
1,197 people agree with me.. how many agree with you ?
1934 is the same year these moral guardians also outlawed jazz cigarettes with their Dangerous Drugs Act.
No cultural miscegenation here, we don't want any darkie attitude rubbing off on whitey when he hears the jungle rhythms and smokes the killer weed.
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