Irish star Daniel O’Donnell has started to think about retirement as he is decreasing his workload ahead of his 60th birthday. The singer from Co Donegal hits the big 6-0 on 12 December 2021 and discussed with RTE Guide how he is feeling about his work and life as he approaches the milestone.
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Michael Kehoe is a writer for Irish Music Daily and Ireland Calling.
His favourite Irish Music bands are Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys.
Sharon Shannon serenades a field of cows with beautiful Irish music
If the Pied Piper of Hamelin ever needed any help gathering cows, he should give Sharon Shannon a call. The traditional Irish music star has released a very moo-ving video onto her social media pages.
When Christmas song caught the hearts of Irish emigrants
Christmas songs can be a bit of a double edge sword. One one hand we say we quickly tire of hearing the same old tunes every year, but on the other hand we find ourselves singing and humming along every time we hear them. And, of course, they must work and put us in the… Continue reading When Christmas song caught the hearts of Irish emigrants
Documentary reveals Shane MacGowan ‘really fancied’ Kirsty MacColl
A fascinating documentary about Shane MacGowan reveals that the star had a crush on his ‘Fairytale of New York’ co-lead singer Kirsty MacColl. The Pogues’ frontman wrote the classic Christmas song with bandmate Jem Finer.
Traditional Irish band entertain passengers while their flight is delayed
A simple matter of their flight being delayed wasn’t enough to get this group of Irish holiday makers down in the dumps. The traditional Irish band Daoirí Farrell had the misfortune of being trapped in the departure lounge at Newcastle Airport as their flight to Ireland was delayed.
