Mister Imperator, a History
“When the Messiah comes, he shall be born of a public house lock-in in Crossmaglen. He will be attended by antelopes." - Ancient Cyrillic inscription, found in a strip-club lavatory in Veronezh It’s no secret that the destinies of the Irish and Russian peoples have been closely intertwined for millennia. Only in the present century, particularly since Kaspersky Labs purchased the naming rights to Ireland’s presidential residence, the former Áras an Uachtaráin, and the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was bought outright by super-oligarch Oleg Deripaska, has this simple fact become the subject of contention. On the teilifís in Donnybrook In the early days He played the grey piano Through stagnation and decay He went to Eurovision Head of delegation Went on the lam in Baku New loyalties, new nation Born just south of the Irish border in the mid-1940’s, Kevin “Mister Imperator” Purcell became famous at an early age for his prowess on the piano accordion, which earned h