{"id":7890,"date":"2025-02-20T21:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=7890"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:19:07","slug":"private-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=7890","title":{"rendered":"Private World"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private World from; Limerick Active; 1986 &#8211; 1990 Style; Indie<br>Line up;<br>Vocals; <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=8540&amp;preview=true\">Pearse Gilmore<\/a><br>Guitar; Brian Kelly<br>Bass; John Moriarty later -+*Declan Hogan<br>Drums; Seamus O&#8217;Muircheartaigh                            Keyboards; Jim Hanley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Moriarty went from being the bands bass player to their manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Private World - The Blue Gem Sea\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOY0KpDcIA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a5850612d6d7579c8aa53fef2e7c5c56\">Fanning Session<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private World recorded a 4 track session for the Dave Fanning show. Two of the tracks were &#8220;Crucible&#8221; &amp; &#8220;The Face&#8221;. The recording took place at their Xeric studio in Limerick, the session was aired on RTE2 on the 8\/2\/1990. The standout track was Crucible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2f4444f5245ec7fc59767979a7432f46\">Recordings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private World released a 7&#8243; single in 1989 on their own Xeric label called &#8220;Blue Gem Sea&#8221;, It reached number 18 on the Irish charts. They also had a track on the Reindeer Age LP &#8220;Change The Room&#8221;. This was a compilation album of various Limerick bands.<\/p>\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\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Reindeer Age album, was recorded at the Xeric Studio in Limerick in 1989. This compilation album featured fellow Limerick Bands, The O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=8517&amp;preview_id=8517&amp;preview_nonce=81324db9c7&amp;preview=true\">A Touch Of Oliver<\/a>, Up The Downstairs, The Hitchers, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=8656&amp;preview_id=8656&amp;preview_nonce=6e97bf76ff&amp;preview=true\">Tuesday Blue,<\/a> They Do It With Mirrors, Private World, The Drive, The Separators, Toucandance, Perfect Moment, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=8521&amp;preview=true\">Utopian Puppets<\/a>, The Surrealists, X-It, Big John&#8217;s Bootleggin Band. The cassette version featured two extra tracks by Preachers Story &amp; Mike O&#8217;Mahony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/th-10.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/th-10.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/th-10.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ghostown1976.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/th-10.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\">John Lennon Tribute night<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the 9th anniversary of his death, some members of some of Limericks top bands got together for special concert, featuring only songs that John Lennon wrote. Members of Perfect Moments, Toucandace, Private World, The Groove, The Hitchers, Up The Downstairs, Wow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b08e779715d6e605aac206262623a8c2\">The Split<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Private World split, Pearse &amp; James Hanley carried on producing and writing songs in their <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=8540&amp;preview=true\">Xeric studio<\/a> in Limerick.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-contact-form is-layout-flex wp-container-jetpack-contact-form-is-layout-7f6ac06e wp-block-jetpack-contact-form-is-layout-flex\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=7890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a form.<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private World from; Limerick Active; 1986 &#8211; 1990 Style; IndieLine up;Vocals; Pearse GilmoreGuitar; Brian KellyBass; John Moriarty later -+*Declan HoganDrums; Seamus O&#8217;Muircheartaigh Keyboards; Jim Hanley John Moriarty went from being the bands bass player to their manager Fanning Session Private World recorded a 4 track session for the Dave Fanning &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12611,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7890","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\/7890","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=7890"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13652,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7890\/revisions\/13652"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}