Played impromtu soccer in Templeorum with Gerry Walsh in the early seventies...my namesake...those WERE the days my friend. I remember at one stage the ball went into the adjoining graveyard.....of course i had to pioe up "dead ball"! One of the lads playing soccer that day was an old friend of mine,Dan Cullen, who died in England a few years ago
A friend of mine sang with them in the latter stages of the band. Oliver O'Donnell from Kilrush,County Clare. There used to be up to fifteen in the band & were known as the Maurice Mulcahy Orchestra...All played from sheet music.
+Michael Crowe Hi Micheal,I played with Oliver from 94 to 99 as Oliver & Tony ,Started with him when Joe Mulcahy retired,Learnt so much from them,Real musicians ,Could spot a wrong chord at 100 paces,lol I was blessed to be part of the journey....
Yes, Oliver sang with the Top Ten. The Top Ten were basically the Maurice Mulcahy Band of the early seventies minus the Mulcahy brothers after a split in the mid seventies. The same musicians that recorded "The Sound of Maurice Mulcahy" in 1970. The bus the Top Ten used was preowned by Gerry Walsh and the Cowboys.
Thanks Jimmy and a right good little country band they were. A man called Johnny Hanrahan played bass with Maurice Mul round this time. Not sure if his in the photograph. Now plays with resident band in bar in Lanzarote, Excellent bass player.
Johnny hanrahan came along a little later. The bass player in that photo is Oliver Barrett from Midleton, Co. Cork, who went on to his front own band. He had some TV appearances in the 90's singing Jim Reeves songs, his voice is very like Jim Reeves to be fair.
