Irish Music Daily

A wonderful video has emerged from 1990 when American superstar Dolly Parton took a holiday to Ireland.

Parton had travelled to Ireland’s favourite getaway destination – the beautiful Co Kerry.

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan took a considerable financial hit last month due to the ongoing covid pandemic.

The star lost out on tens of thousands of euros that the classic Pogues and Kirstie MacColl song Fairytale of New York would usually earn in royalties over the Christmas period.

A video of two duelling Irish violinists putting on a spectacular show has notched up 10 million views on YouTube, but has also created some heated debate as to whether it’s real or not.

Máiréad Nesbitt of Celtic Woman and Cora Smith are the talented musicians in question. The video is actually from a 2007 performance at Hyde Park in London.

Nesbitt and Smith put on an energetic display as they danced, jumped and ran around the stage as they played, to create the impression of a battle.

The spectacular show sent the thousands of fans into raptures, and the two ladies left the stage as heroes.

Sinéad O’Connor has spoken about her rivalry with fellow Irish star Dolores O’Riordan.

O’Connor clashed with the late Cranberries front woman during the 1990s but she said that the relationship between the two improved considerably by the time O’Riordan passed away.

It takes a brave man to do a cover version of a classic like Fairytale of New York, especially as it’s a duet and you have to do it on your own. But Ed Sheeran has never been one to shirk a challenge.

The superstar singer has always loved the original version by the Pogues with Shane MacGowan and Kirstie MacColl on vocals.