Al O'Donnell - SONG FOR IRELAND -filmed by PRAK14

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Al O'Donnell - SONG FOR IRELAND - at Return To Douglas Folk Club, 01.10.2009
Published on 3 Sep 2015
Uploaded on 25 Aug 2010
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Al O'Donnell - at Return To Douglas Folk Club, 01.10.2009, part of Cork Folk Festival.This was a special celebration concert and took place where the first concert of the first Cork Folk Festival took place on 13th September 1979.The Douglas GAA Hall was the home of Cork Folk Club through the 70's and 80's and many Cork Musicians got their first professional gigs here.

Al O'Donnell developed his interest in folk music while attending Art College in Nottingham, listening to Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger, Martin Carthy, The Watersons. Learning from such fine singers he started to play gigs in nearby folk clubs. The Irish folk scene was just developing at that time (1960's) and over the last 40 plus years he has become "one of the great voices in Irish singing tradition". He also was one of the members of Sweeney's Men.


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