Declan Lynch: My wife drifts off to sleep in a few seconds by listening to me describing a football match. Who needs a celebrity hypnotist?

Declan Lynch: My wife drifts off to sleep in a few seconds by listening to me describing a football match. Who needs a celebrity hypnotist?

I dropped a few lines into this column recently about a protest against jazz that ­enlivened the cultural life of Ireland almost a hundred years ago. I mentioned a march against jazz which took place in Co Leitrim, and which was ­recalled on Bowman: Sunday (RTÉ1, Sundays, 8.30am). But because it was a small mention, some of you may have felt it was an isolated incident in the journey of this young country.