‘It’s nearly come full circle’: Charlestown proud of Gallagher connection as Oasis come to Ireland

<p>Liam and Noel used to be taken for summer holidays with relatives in Mayo and kept returning after finding fame</p><p>Emigration ripped the heart out of Charlestown: generations of young people took the boat to England and left behind derelict homes and shuttered shops, a hollowing chronicled in a landmark 1968 book, The Death of an Irish Town.</p><p>Some returned to this corner of County Mayo for summer holidays – with children who were growing up with English accents and city ways – before vanishing back across the Irish Sea and leaving Charlestown to its decay.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/charlestown-gallagher-connection-oasis-ireland">Continue reading...</a>