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Neil Tobin.. The voice....ahhh that voice! The voice of the award-winning presentation in the Lismore Heritage Centre is Niall Toibin's; the voice of Lyon's Tea is Niall Toibin; and the Irish National Bank was built on a foundation of Niall Toibin's radio campaign. Niall began training that voice as a child in the cathedral choir and the Opera House in Cork. In his teens, Niall joined a drama society attached to the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League. It was when Niall started acting in amateur plays with the Compantas Amharclaine na Gaeilge that he became "determined to be an actor." More... |
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Aslan, who took their
name from the heroic lion in
C.S.
Lewis's series of books chronicling the fictional land of
Narnia, (Aslan
is the Turkish for 'Lion'),
emerged from the working class areas of
Finglas
and
Ballymun in
Dublin's Northside, in the mid
1980s. They
released a demo single, 'This Is', in the Spring of 1986, which was a huge
hit and became the longest ever play-listed single on Ireland's pop radio
station, RTÉ
2fm. In the summer of 1986 they played a series of rapturously received shows in the UK and Melody Maker noted, 'Lucky the label that signs this band!'. Janice Long at BBC Radio 1 recorded Aslan in session and went on to air it for an unprecedented three times in the subsequent weeks. At the end of 1986 Aslan walked away with The Stag/Hot Press,' Most Promising New Band' award and signed to EMI. More... |
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Foster & Allen began
back in the seventies when Mick and Tony were playing in
Country Music bands around
Ireland.
In 1975 they
formed a small group and went over to the
UK to work the
Irish music venues on a short tour. Mick & Tony had at this stage the idea of working together as a duo, playing ‘hardcore rock’ music with a touch of traditional Irish instrumentals. When their UK tour finished they decided to let the band return to Ireland whilst they stayed behind to try and break into the public eye. They played several venues in the London area and the reaction was very favourable; so much so, they decided to remain as a duo and Foster and Allen was unleashed upon the world. It was difficult at the beginning and after a time working around the circuit in the UK and Ireland, they released their first single record The Rambles of Spring. This made a good impact on the Irish market and Foster and Allen were soon in demand for cabaret venues all over Ireland and to a much lessor extent the UK At the end of 1978 Foster and Allen released the single A Bunch Of Thyme in Ireland, which entered the Irish charts and became their first top-selling No. 1 single. |
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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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The Wolfe Tones are an
Irish rebel music band deeply rooted in
Irish traditional music. They are named after the Irish rebel and
patriot
Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the
Irish Rebellion of 1798,with the
double entendre that a
wolf tone
is a spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family. Derek Warfield, Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle and Tommy Byrne today comprise the one of the world's most popular Irish folk music groups, The Wolfe Tones. But the quartet's story wasn't one of overnight success. In fact the bones of the group first saw the light of day as far back as 1963. It was then that three neighboring children from a quiet working-class Dublin suburb, Inchicore, brothers Brian and Derek and a pal Noel Nagle started playing round the fleadhs of Ireland more for fun than anything else. They used to get together at weekends playing Fleadh cheoils or music festivals, mainly as a pastime. Thoughts of fame and riches were a world apart. Brian and Noel had taken tin whistle lessons at the Pipers Club in Thomas Street in Dublin, while Derek took up the mandolin for no better reason than his father played it. More.. |
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Mary Black. She was born into a musical family. Her father had been a fiddler, her mother a singer, and her brothers had their own group. She sang in her family's group in her youth, and her mother Patty had a song in her brothers' 1996 album, What A Time/Shay, by Michael and Martin Black. Her sister Frances Black is also an acclaimed vocalist. Mary Black went on to play in other groups including the traditional Irish band, De Dannan from 1984–1986. Since 1986 she has had a successful solo career, where she went on to try contemporary styles ranging from jazz to country. She was named "Best Female Artist" in the IRMA poll in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1996[1]. She is married to Joe O'Reilly of Dara Records and they have three children, Conor, Danny and Roisin. More... |
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 Susan McCann |
Susan McCann... Prior to bursting onto the Irish scene,
Susan and husband, Dennis Heaney had a three piece group that played the
local pubs and cabaret spots around her home in Newry, Co. Down. The success
of the single led to the formation of her band, The Storytellers.
In 1979, Susan was
invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She rose to the
occasion thrilling 4,000 fans in Britain's most prestigious concert venue.
1980 was the year Susan went to Nashville to record an LP at Porter
Wagoner's studios. The sessions so impressed Porter that he asked he to
appear with him at The Grand Ole Opry and on his TV program! |
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 Declan Nerney |
Declan was born in the heart of Ireland in Drumlish Co Longford, at a unique period of time in the music scene worldwide. A revolution in rock and pop brought us The Beatles, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones, while here in Ireland the magnificent showband boom was about to explode.
A young man growing up at that time, Declan was being heavily influenced by
these greats and indeed was getting the rare opportunity to see most of the
top showbands appear in his native town of Drumlish. He would cajole his
mother into seeing Joe Dolan, Big Tom, Philomena Begley,
The Capital Showband, and many more perform when the appeared at the
marquee at the end of May and early June. From his vantage point close to
the stage, he would absorb every move made by the guitarist in the bands,
watching his fingers slide along the strings, hoping that one day he might
be up there performing just like Dan O'Hara or Seamus McMahon... |
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The Mighty AvonsBy 1974, Larry Cunningham, Ronnie Griffiths, and Gene Stuart had come and gone and Martin Geraghty was the new lead singer with this legendary showband. Gene formed The Homesteaders in Fall of 1974. |
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Seamus Moore Seamus Moore entered and won a talent contest at the I & B Records, Annual Irish Music and dance Festival in Southport with his own composition 'The JCB Song. Two years later he was presented with a gold record, at the same festival, for sales in excess of 50,000 of the single and cassette.
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