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Declan Nerney 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
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Give Up Yer Auld Sins Based on the original recordings taken by Peig Cunningham in Dublin schoolrooms from the 1960's, (subsequently re-discovered and released by EMI record) this film dramatizes the event as a TV crew arrive to record the children and we are treated to the story of John the Baptist told as only children can. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 2001 Oscars. More... |
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The Irish Weavers.. The Irish music experience encompasses ballads, trad. music,
humour, dance, story telling, natural whistling, laments, character and a
huge range of instruments : a small tin-whistle, uileann pipes (Irish elbow
pipes), button accordion, piano accordion, fiddle, guitar, bodhran (Irish
drum), mandolin, spoons and so on. The list is endless
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U2 are a
rock
band
from Dublin,
Ireland. Formed in
1976, the band consists of
Bono (vocals
and
guitar),
The Edge
(guitar,
keyboards
and
vocals),
Adam Clayton (bass
guitar), and
Larry Mullen Jr. (drums
and
percussion). U2 have consistently been one of the most popular acts in
the world since the mid-1980s. The band has sold upwards of 170 million
albums
worldwide,[1]
and they have won 22
Grammy awards, more than any other rock artist.[2]
U2 formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical
proficiency. By the mid-1980s, however, the band had released several
successful albums and developed a devoted international following, largely
from extensive touring. U2 became noted for its anthemic sound that
emphasised Bono's vocals and The Edge's textural approach to guitar playing,
as well as the band's political and social activism. The band reached a
level of mega-stardom with their highly praised 1987 release
The Joshua Tree. |
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 Johnny McEvoy |
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. |
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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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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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