Barry Houlihan

2 months ago | rte.ie | Barry Houlihan |James Joyce

Analysis: The performer, who died 30 years ago this week, made an invaluable contribution to Ireland's cultural scene during the 1980s and 1990sThom McGinty was a man of many faces and characters. He was most commonly known as The Diceman, a street performer familiar to Dubliners who passed him on Grafton Street in the 1980s and early 1990s. He also faced controversy and personal attack owing to his sexuality in an Ireland that then classed homosexuality a crime.