We saw Val in Cork in the Everyman theatre he was 70 at the time but his rapport with the audience and his lovely relaxing vòice always made me happy and still do years later. A wonderful gift
i heard an interview w pete seeger--lg time ago--about the time he was begining to bustout of the anti-communist blacklist. interviewer asked pete whether he thought folk music was 'dying out?' pete laughed, then said; "folk music is the people's music. like the people, it rises and gets pushed back, but its the music of the people, their struggles, so it never can die! the authorities try every way to surpress it, but the people's music lasts as long as the people." ;
Brilliant I love the Wogan Gag such a pity all of them no longer with us .Rest In Peace Lads .. You All Brought Pleasure to us all for Years ,We Miss You
A great rendition of the Wild Rover by The Clancy's, Tommy Makem and Val Doonican with brilliant backing provided by Nolag Casey on fiddle, Arty McGlynn on Guitar and the base player. My God we miss this great music, I wish this we could turn back time and bring them all back. BillH
Good ole song btw. I've a bunch of cousins called the Mc Peakes who played as a trio. V talented. Only did this as teenagers. Jim the boy sang this. He played Gentle Annie on mandolin at my mum's funeral.
I live in England but came from Dromore Tyrone I have a holiday home in Lisnarick and was there when he died.He was highly respected around Omagh and Ofcourse further afield.
you can have all those woeful Dublin ballad groups that were fair hard on the ears , but these guys were classy and of course the advantage they had before they opened their mouths ,, they could speak ,, helps when you need to sing
Were these guys paid by Aran Woollens to wear this stuff? My mum had a beautiful Aran coat she knit. In some hotel in the 60s some American tourist offered to buy it off her. She said no. Of course. I wore it in the eighties. No idea where it went though. Not seen it since then.
I wonder how did Tommy Makem initially team up with the Clancys? Today, I think they would be regarded as "stage Irish" today, but in the 1960s they would regarded as colourful characters from the otherwise dull Ireland still emerging as a nation.
Mighty Craic in Ireland in the 60"s James and 50's as well. Some media types would have us believe everything is great now and terrible back then. Its an Irish times and RTE types view of History to suit their own agenda . These days we've blended into everyone else. With damn all unique culture of our own.
@@brendanogara432 Ur 100% right Brendan. And as a Leitrim man I'd have to say Donegal is one of the few places in the country that's holding onto its culture and couldn't care less what RTE types think.
@@mikeyk212 PS...what do you think of big Niall McConnell...he's from Donegal like me but ain't sure about him though his heart seems to be in the right place🤔
