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Tommy Tiernan. What do you get when you mix an Irishman and standup comedy? A lot of caustic commentary on drink, the English language and Catholicism. Tommy Tiernan, a rascally, frolicsome standup performer making a fine West Coast debut with "Loose," has enough smarts to provide these subjects with some existential insight and enough manic energy to make it all work in a college arts festival environment (read: without the lubrication of alcohol). Tiernan probably would prefer it if the audience could get a bit tipsy, in part because he considers alcohol one of God's great gifts to humankind. In fact, when the subject arises, he starts skipping around the stage in an expression of existential joy. He's completely puzzled when an American bartender asks him to estimate how much beer he plans to consume. Grappling with a level of measurement he'd never really contemplated, he comes up with a new unit of liquid volume: "A small child's worth of beer," he says. No doubt, Tiernan would be a great drinking partner. Unshaven, wearing jeans and a button-down shirt, he's dressed casually but not lazily, as if he really were headed out to a pub where he might run into some attractive ladies.
His observations are offbeat and
thoughtful and, most importantly, he's a terrific storyteller willing to
take his tales to politically incorrect extremes, such as suggesting the
Holocaust really could've been worse and imagining what would have happened
if Hitler had been forced to take Irish step-dancing classes as a child. |
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Mundy first emerged into the spotlight as a baby-faced
20-year-old back in 1996, having spend the previous two years busking on the
streets of Dublin, writing songs and showcasing them at the legendary open
mic nights at the International Bar. His talent was obvious from the very
beginning, and the young singer was quickly snapped up by Sony Music, who
released his debut album, Jellylegs, to great critical acclaim. World tours
followed, including dates with Neil Young, Van Morrisson, Alanis Morrisette
(at that time the biggest female artist in the world with her Jagged Little
Pill album). One song from Jellylegs, ‘To You I Bestow’ found its way onto
Baz Luhrman’s Romeo & Juliet soundrack, which went on to sell more than 11
million copies worldwide. More... |
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#1 Song In Ireland on 10th. May 1978 The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in England and moved to Australia during their childhood years, where they began their musical careers. The group's name is derived from the initials "B.G.", primarily standing for "The Brothers Gibb." [1] The multiple Grammy Award-winning group was successful for all of its forty years of recording music, but it had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late 1970s. No matter the style, the Bee Gees sang tight three-part harmonies that were instantly recognizable; as brothers, their voices blended perfectly, in the same way that The Beach Boys voices blended. Barry sang lead on many songs, and an R&B falsetto introduced in the disco years; Robin provided the clear vibrato lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music; Maurice sang high and low harmonies throughout their career. The three brothers co-wrote most of their hits, and they said that they felt like they became 'one person' when they were writing. The group's name was retired after Maurice died in January 2003. |
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The Saw Doctors are a
folk-rock
band from Tuam,
County Galway in the west of
Ireland,
named after the itinerant craftsmen who once traveled from sawmill to
sawmill sharpening and repairing saws.The band boasts a fervent following
both at home and abroad and hold the record for Ireland's biggest-selling
single ever. Ireland's Dublin-based music cognoscenti have often sneered at the band's rootedness in "backward" West of Ireland locales. However, the Saw Doctors have nevertheless proved themselves a true "people's band," and have a fervent following, especially in Ireland and among Irish-Americans in the United States. |
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Patsy O'Hagan,
The Bard of Armagh Patsy O'Hagan has won the verse-writing competition three times On a quiet country road that skirts the edge of the lough, just a stone’s throw away from the old Celtic cross, I caught up with one of Ardboe’s most popular residents, Patsy O’Hagan, the man once known as ‘The Bard of Armagh’. After some pleasantries, we got down to the task of charting his success as three times winner of the ‘Bard of Armagh’ verse writing competition. More... |
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Daniel Francis Noel O'Donnell
MBE (born
December 12,
1961) is an
Irish singer and former professional wrestler from
County Donegal. With his mix of
country and
easy listening music, he has achieved success in both
Europe and
North America. He has starred in seven concert specials seen on public
television stations (PBS) throughout America. To date he has sold over 10
million records worldwide. Daniel O'Donnell was born in
Kincasslagh,
County Donegal,
Ireland, the son of Francis and Julia O'Donnell. He grew up in
Kincasslagh, with his four siblings: John (the eldest), Margaret (Margo),
Kathleen, and James. He has described the Ireland of his childhood as a poor
country. In 1968, his father died from a heart attack at the age of
forty-nine. Daniel spent his childhood summers with his grandmother on the
island of Owey (now uninhabited). Daniel's grandmother later came to live
with the O'Donnells until her death in 1971 |
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Since their formation back in the summer of 1990,
Goats Don't Shave have risen to become one of the most popular bands Ireland
has ever produced. Their name comes from a pub incident in which a drunken old man was told to go and have a shave and clean himself up - his response was to walk away muttering the words Goats Don't Shave!! They began performing their Celtic folk-rock in between their day jobs; which included plumbing and fishing, at which point the lads started to pick up regular bookings. Next they went around the country, cadging money to record a small tape. More... |
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O'Hanlon was born in 1965 at
Carrickmacross,
County Monaghan,
Ireland, the son of
Rory O'Hanlon, a well-known Irish politician and doctor, and has five
siblings.
O'Hanlon was schooled in Blackrock College in Dublin and graduated, in 1987, from the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin (now Dublin City University) with a Degree in Communications Studies. O'Hanlon first found fame as a stand-up comedian, winning the prestigious Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 1994. For a period he was the presenter of The Stand Up Show. He was spotted by Graham Linehan, who was to cast him in Father Ted. In 1997, he appeared (as Father Dougal) in a Channel 4 ident, and during Comic Relief on BBC1. This was followed by the more serious Big Bad World and the award winning short comedy film Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll. In 2000, O'Hanlon starred in the comedy series My Hero, in which he played a superhero who was naive to Earth and juggled his world-saving duties with the crises of suburban living. He stayed in the role until early 2005 and was replaced by James Dreyfus for series 6 in 2006. |
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Batt Burns, an elementary school principal in the village of Sneem, on The
Ring of Kerry, began a second career as a Seanachie ( storyteller ) after
he had won The All-Ireland Teachers Talent Competition in Dublin in 1983.
Prior to that he had worked to make significant changes in the curriculum of Irish Primary Schools by his experimental work in Environmental Studies and this led him into writing a series of textbooks on this topic. As a youth in the Kerry Hills, he was surrounded by storytellers, and he spent invaluable years with his storytelling grandfather, Michael Clifford.
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The Abbey Ceili Band from County Cork started out in 1995 with just two
musicians, Ger Murphy on box and Micheál Creedon on keyboard, playing on
Thursday nights for a set dancing session in the Abbey Hotel in Ballyvourney.
A few months later, Liam Forde visited the session with his banjo and
impressed the others enough to be invited to join. Another night, Andrew
O'Connell showed up with his fiddle and was invited to complete the
foursome. They blend so well together you'd think they were quadruplets
playing together from their first breath. They have played all around the
local area and made a big impression on the minds - not to mention the feet
- of dancers from further afield when they played at the Dan Furey weekend
in Labasheeda, and during the Willie Clancy summer school in Miltown Malbay.
Today, they play all over Ireland and have been featured on RTE's very
popular Céilí House. For only four musicians, the Abbey Céilí Band create
the sort of impact you might expect from a much bigger group. |
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Jimmy
Buckley was born on the 19th November 1971, he stands at
5-7” and has brown eyes and fair hair. Jimmy, although born and reared in
Doon Co. Limerick, now resides in Galway with his wife and children. |
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William "Billy" Connolly,
CBE, (born
24
November 1942)
is a
Scottish
comedian,
musician,
presenter,
and actor. He
is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname
The Big Yin (The Big One), initially used to differentiate Connolly, Sr.
and Connolly, Jr.Birth and early yearsBilly Connolly was born 11lbs and 4oz at 65 Dover Street ("on the linoleum, three floors up"[1]) in Anderston, Glasgow to Mary and William Connolly, the son of an Irish immigrant.[2] In 1946, with their son barely four years old, Connolly's mother abandoned his sister and him, while his father was away for the war. He and his sister, Florence ("Flo"), were then looked after by two aunts, Margaret and Mona, his father's sisters. Connolly was brought up in the Anderston and, later, Partick districts of Glasgow. He attended St. Peter's Primary School in Glasgow and St. Gerard's Secondary School in Govan.[2] At the age of 12, he decided he wanted to become a comedian but felt he didn't fit the mold; he felt he needed to become more "windswept and interesting". Instead, at the age of 15, he left school and became a welder in a Glasgow shipyard. Around the same time he joined the Territorial Army's Parachute Regiment. At the medical, the doctor noted to him, "You're not very big downstairs, are you?", to which Connolly replied, "I thought we were only going to fight them." |
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Jon Kenny. Since 1988 Jon has co-written , produced and performed five shows together with Pat Shortt. They toured extensively nationally and internationally as 'D'unbelievables'. The most recent shows 'One Hell of a Do' and ' I Doubt It Says Pauline' have been the biggest box office successes and fastest selling shows in Ireland. Theatre: The Lonesome West - Druid Company, The Year of the Hiker - Island Company. Television: Father Ted. Film: The Van, Angela Mooney Dies Again, Les Miserables, Angela's Ashes. More... |
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One of Ireland's most enduring
artists, Johnny McEvoy's career spans more that three decades. When your
want a great ballad singer, there's nobody like Johnny McEvoy. More... |
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He's really a very quiet character !!!!, not wanted by the FBI, the CIA, the ICA or Interpol. He was however here.... The 2007 Boston Beara Society Annual Social |
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