The story goes...
he took it from 'Bonavox', a hearing aid shop next to a key cutters shop called 'The Edge' in Fairview in North Dublin. The Edge sign is still there but the Bonavox shop is gone. There's a Centra there now and a bank. It's just down the road from the school they and I (some years later) attended.

There was still a rake of teachers there who taught them when I was there - they all had stories. Bono was always a knobend.

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(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 14:20, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

but that would make him 'Bona'.
Actually seeing as he is without doubt a colossal boner that would be more than apt...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 14:34, Reply)

On the other hand -
The Virgin Prunes (friends of U2 at the start) were a brilliant band and should have been massive instead of these....these....

....arrrrrggghhhhhhh......
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 14:57, Reply)

on the topic of rubbish Irish bands,
a mate of mine reckons he is personally responsible for the demise of The Golden Horde (not Genghis Khans army) cos he threw a bottle at Simon Carmody when they were a support act.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 16:09, Reply)

Shame your mate wasn't at an early U2 show.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 16:15, Reply)

funny you should say that
one of my mates uncles was a teacher there. He's a sound man. He stays in touch with a lot of past pupils including us and them boys who he would have seen play in their youth. Unfortunately, he's just not the bottle-chucking type.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 16:25, Reply)