" According to Ellmann, Joyce stated to Edmond Jaloux that Finnegans Wake would be written " to suit the esthetic of the dream, where the forms prolong and multiply themselves ", and once informed a friend that " he conceived of his book as the dream of old Finn, lying in death beside the river Liffey and watching the history of Ireland and the world – past and future – flow through his mind like flotsam on the river of life.

Speaking of Catholicism, Finn stated " It's a great fertile ground for pulling lyrics out.

The album was called " un-releasable " by Dobbyns record label at the time and was shelved for a year until its eventual release .. After nearly a decade in Australia, Dobbyn moved back to Auckland in the early 1990s, and made 1994's Twist fellow New Zealander and recently returned singer-songwriter Neil Finn, whose contribution Dobbyn stated " was crucial to the sound of that record ".

Although the album was released only in Finland, Brava's single " Violator "/" Toccata and Fugue " got international attention: " Pammi lookalike's great on her Bach " stated the Daily Mirror and the Daily Record wrote that " just when interest in violin music was toning down along comes Linda Lampenius -- the fiddling Finn has taken a major bow -- she is already a sensation with her version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue ".

Finn Coren also created a different musical setting for the poem on his album The Blake Project: Spring.

Neil is the younger brother of Split Enz founding member Tim Finn, who joined Crowded House in 1990 on vocals, guitars and keyboards for the album Woodface.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

Neil Finn and his brother Tim recorded songs they had co-written for their own album, Finn.

Following the recording sessions with Tim, Neil began writing and recording a third Crowded House album with Hester and Seymour, but these tracks were rejected by the record company, so Neil asked Tim if Crowded House could use the Finn songs.

After the tour, the Finn Brothers released their album Finn in November 1995.

Tim Finn had resumed his solo career after leaving the group in 1992 and he also worked with Neil on a second Finn Brothers album, Everyone Is Here, which was released in 2004.

It was on Hessie's Shed that Finn, Hester and Seymour last shared a stage, on an episode filmed as part of Finn's promotion for his solo album Try Whistling This in 1998.

A 2003 compilation album, Classic Masters, was released only in the US, while 2005 saw the release of the album She Will Have Her Way, a collection of cover versions of Crowded House, Split Enz, Tim Finn and Finn Brothers songs by Australasian female artists.

Matt Sherrod, Dublin, 2007. In 2006 Neil Finn asked Nick Seymour to play bass on his third solo album.

As the recording sessions progressed it was decided that the album would be issued under the Crowded House band name, rather than as a Neil Finn solo album.

The next day, Finn and Seymour were interviewed on Rove Live and the band, with Hart and Sherrod, performed " Don't Stop Now " to promote the new album, which was titled Time on Earth.

Following the success of the album She Will Have Her Way in 2005, a second album of cover versions of Finn Brothers songs, He Will Have His Way, was released on 12 November 2010.

* Spring ( Finn Coren album )

That character is celebrated in " The Legend of Finn MacCumhail ", a song by the Boston-based band Dropkick Murphys featured on their album Sing Loud Sing Proud!

* Finn ( album ), a 1995 album by the Finn Brothers.

The Manx contains a further tale of how Finn and the buggane battle at Kirk Christ Rushen.

John Bowman's history of RTÉ Television contains a quote from chief executive Vincent Finn from when Kenny asked for to be paid more money.

The two-and-a-half hour set included some new tracks, including " Silent House " co-written by Finn with the Dixie Chicks.

In August 2009, Finn travelled to Los Angeles to record some overdubs at Jim Scott's Los Angeles studio before they began mixing tracks.

Seymour collaborated with Finn and Hester on the set design of some of their early music videos, including " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Better Be Home Soon ".

Most notably he makes several appearances in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and some have posited that the title, taken from the street ballad " Finnegan's Wake ", may also be a blend of " Finn again is awake ," referring to his eventual awakening to defend Ireland.

The book was not a success ( and was the last Moomin book to be translated into English ), but the next two installments in the Moomin series, Comet in Moominland ( 1946 ) and Finn Family Moomintroll ( 1948 ), brought Jansson some fame.

* Trollkarlens hatt ( 1948, Finn Family Moomintroll ; in some editions The Happy Moomins ) ( translated into English )

Wishing to defeat Finn, he came to Finn's house, but Finn disguised himself as a baby while his wife Oona baked cakes, some with griddle irons inside, some without.

In December 1903, several Chicago newspapers document that a Michael " Mickey " Finn managed the Lone Star Saloon and was accused of using knockout drops to incapacitate and rob some of his customers.

Don was crucial in helping us tighten everything up, and inspiring Max to dig really deep lyrically and get to some root emotion down there .” Explains Collins, " Neil Finn Crowded House once said, ' A great producer is someone whom you admire musically and otherwise, who you feel compelled to show up and show off for.

" Finn later suggested Qumran was " some ancient fort with a cistern.

On appeal, it is found that his opponent had bribed some of the voters, enough to give Finn the victory.

Anthony Trollope ( 1815 – 1882 ) who lived for some time at nearby Waltham Cross, set part of his novel Phineas Finn ( 1869 ), which parodies corrupt electoral procedures, in a fictitious Loughton.

Reviewing the album, a writer for Mojo magazine argued that it contained " some of the most haunting music to bear the Finn imprint ".

The pair have collaborated on several songs, some of which are featured on Steel City, the dance show that Finn wrote.

However, " Finn " in some Norse sagas could also mean the Sami and not the Finns.

On some releases of this soundtrack " Two of Us " appeared also in a version of Neil Finn, in a duet with his son Liam Finn.

While writing the third segment, Selman listened to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective on tape to " get some of the lingo " that Mark Twain used in his books.

Nieminen is known by both Workington and Glasgow fans as ' The Flyin Finn ' because of his racing style, which produces some high speed passing.

Kuqi jumps forward with both arms out, in what could be described as an attempt to glide like a bird, before crashing to the ground ; the movement bears some resemblance to a bellyflop and has been referred to as a " Flying Finn ".