amplification), and on Grafton Street, each such performance is restricted to a maximum of one hour, and a musician cannot play within a distance of that location until the following day. Grafton Street buskers have included: Bono – lead singer of U2, has performed on Christmas Eve Paddy Casey – ex-Grafton Street busker and musician Mic Christopher – musician Keywest – English-Irish pop rock band based in Dublin Thom McGinty ("The Diceman") – former street performer and actor, during the 1970s–1990s David McSavage – stand-up comedy and music, later television performer in The Savage Eye John Nee – imitated Charlie Chaplin Damien Rice – ex-Grafton Street busker Rodrigo y Gabriela – Mexican guitar-playing duo Allie Sherlock – YouTube singer, songwriter and guitarist. Hudson Taylor – musical duo from Dublin Cultural references Grafton Street is mentioned several times in James Joyce's Dubliners and in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the scene of the meeting between Stephen and Emma. There is a line in the poem "On Raglan Road" by the poet Patrick Kavanagh: "On Grafton Street in November we tripped lightly along the ledge"' American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith wrote and recorded a song called "On Grafton Street". Griffith's song was subsequently covered by Frances Black on her album Talk to Me. Bagatelle, an Irish rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, refer to Grafton Street in their song "Summer in Dublin"; "And young people walking down Grafton Street, everyone looking so well". Grafton Street has featured on the Irish edition of the board game Monopoly since the first edition in the 1970s. Dido features a track entitled "Grafton Street" on her album Safe Trip Home. This song is a tribute to Dido's deceased father, who was Irish. Grafton Street is mentioned in Ed Sheeran's song "Galway Girl" on his album ÷ (2017). See also List of streets and squares in Dublin References Citations Sources External links Streets in Dublin (city) Shopping districts and streets in Ireland Busking venues Historical red-light districts in the Republic of Ireland St Stephen's Green