{"id":20141,"date":"2026-05-28T17:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=20141"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:23:40","slug":"15-09-1979-dandelion-market-dublin-ireland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=20141","title":{"rendered":"15\/09\/1979 Dandelion Market, Dublin, Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">This is a complete list of known U2 concerts that took place in Ireland in 1979. These dates do not include the dates U2 played in London on the U2-\u00a3 tour. But they do include the dates U2 played in Ireland after they returned from London. I have spent many hours trawling the Irish Newspaper Archive, The Dublin Library and talking to those that were there, too make this the most complete document of U2&#8217;s early career. This site would not be possible without them, the Dublin Library &amp; the Irish Newspaper Archive.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\">15\/09\/1979 Dandelion Market, Dublin, Ireland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Attendance; unknown<br>Support; <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=2316&amp;preview_id=2316&amp;preview_nonce=4eef3ae2f7&amp;preview=true\" title=\"\">The Scheme<\/a><br>Admission; \u00a30.50p<br>Set; <\/em>Out Of Control, Stories For Boys, Boy-Girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5334-U2-Hot-Press-15-09-1979-1.jpg?resize=687%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5334-U2-Hot-Press-15-09-1979-1.jpg?w=687&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5334-U2-Hot-Press-15-09-1979-1.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Advert from Hot Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-contact-form\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=20141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a form.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a complete list of known U2 concerts that took place in Ireland in 1979. These dates do not include the dates U2 played in London on the U2-\u00a3 tour. But they do include the dates U2 played in Ireland after they returned from London. I have spent many &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20141"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20166,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20141\/revisions\/20166"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}