Born in 1947 in Strabane, Co Tyrone. He was a member of R&B group, the Kult, while a student in Dublin. He joined The Johnstons, renowned for their neat harmonies, and the group had enjoyed a number one hit with Ewan McColl’s The Travelling People. The Curragh of Kildare was another successful single.
In 1969 the [...]

Singer, songwriter and musician Andy Irvine was born on June 14, 1942, in Southgate, London. His father was from Scotland and mother from Ireland. He showed an early interest in acting and the skiffle groups of the late 1950s. He started to learn classical guitar and after coming across the music [...]

Planxty could be described as Sweeneys Men with hindsight and uilleann pipes. In 1970 Christy Moore returned from the British folk circuit and assembled a group of musicians to record his second album Prosperous.They were an old schoolmate Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine who had been in Sweeneys Men, piper Liam Og O Floinn and [...]