Niall McGuirk: Hope Collective

Irish Left Archive Podcast

In this episode we talk to Niall McGuirk about the Hope Collective. Hope Collective originated in the early 1980s when Niall started putting on gigs to encourage bands to play in Dublin and developed into the Hope Collective in 1994. Hope facilitated dozens of bands playing gigs in Ireland and latterly has produced books recording the history and recollections of that music scene.

We discuss Niall’s involvement in playing and organising gigs, creating fanzines, the development of Hope Collective, the D.I.Y. philosophy and values underpinning it, and the community that it generated.

You can find out more about Hope Collective on their website, where you can also buy their most recent publication, Punks Listen, a collection of writing from musicians, writers and others about music that has inspired and influenced them.