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Spillane an Fánaí Series programme 6 on TG4 Tuesday Nov 25th at 10pm Well lads I wrote a cracker of a song for GOREY, County Wexford! It's based on a book called THE MEMOIRS OF MYLES BYRNE, a local hero who fought in 1798 and lived to tell the tale. A first hand account of the rebellion and it's brutal aftermath; "When Myles Byrne from Ballylusk, Came a-riding through the dusk, Upon his dappled...

Spillane an Fánaí Series programme 5 on TG4 Tuesday Nov 18th at 10pm I wrote a song called 'Killaloe'. I have to say lads I wrote a humdinger of a song called 'Killaloe' for my TG4 series SPILLANE AN FÁNAÍ - Spillane The Wanderer! Wandering Minstrel, Roving Bard that I am, around Ireland meeting people and writing songs, there was no shortage of inspiration in this most beautiful town on the Sh...

Spillane an Fánaí Series programme 4 on TG4 Tuesday Nov 11th at 10pm When I went to research and write a song about Kells I was charmed by the magic of the Book of Kells, one of the wonders of the world, and Ireland's greatest art treasure. "When Colm Cille was a boy he dreamed a dream, He cast a SILVER hook into a GOLDEN stream, And dreaming among the Holy Wells, He dreamed a BOOK, he dreamed ...

Spillane an Fánaí Series programme 3 on TG4 Tuesday Nov 4th at 10pm Writing a song about Athenry I found a bit scary lads, as, in fairness like, I was up against THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY, one of the biggest songs of all time, a phenomena of a song like. So I dived into the Irish language, the Gaeilge like, and I wrote a song called BAILE ÁTHA AN RÍ. And then my song turned out to be a grand little...

Spillane an Fánaí Series programme 2 on TG4 Tuesday Oct 28th at 10pm I wrote a song for the town of Youghal as part of my gig with SPILLANE AN FANAÍ. It's quite personal to myself, like, and I just hope the rest of yee will get it like, "When we were small we went to Youghal, All on a summer's day, The sun it was a golden ball, The sky a purple gray, The summer clouds came rolling by, Like snow...

Spillane an Fánaí Series 2 starts on TG4 Tuesday Oct 21st next. Fair play to me! Well lads I wrote a song for the town of BOYLE and it's called THE MAN WHO CAME IN FROM THE DARK. It's based on the story of John Reilly, the traveller from around Boyle who was the keeper of a treasure trove of ancient ballads he had learned from his parents around the campfires of the West of Ireland. Scholars an...

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Clár 10 05/05/13 The last programme in the current Geantraí series comes from the well known traditional music pub The Crane in Galway city and is presented by fiddle player Ronan O'Flaherty. Among the musicians featured in the programme are Brendan Browne and Damien Stenson, the group We Banjo 3 and singer Pól Ó Ceannabháin.

Our Geantraí programme this week is presented by singer Seán Tyrell and comes from Greene's Pub in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare where among the musicians featured are Damien and Padraig O'Reilly and James Cullinan, Chris Droney and piper Eugene Lambe.

This week's programme comes from the well known music pub Dolan's in Limerick city and is presented by concertina player Holly Geraghty. Among the musicians featured in the programme are box players Graham Wells and Brian O'Leary, Jonathon Roche and Matt Griffin and singer Elaine Cormican.

Musicians playing are Cathal Hayden, Stephen Hayden, Gerry Lappin & Seán Óg Graham 'The Scotsman over the border', 'The Mullingar Races' & 'Reel Tommy Peoples' This week's programme comes from Hayden's Pub, The Rock, Co. Tyrone and is presented by fiddle player Dónal Donnelly where among the guests are Cathal Hayden and Stephen Hayden, the group Reel It In and singer Cathal O'Neill.

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