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De Danann

De Danann

De Danann has been played on NTS in shows including Supporter Radio: Your Specialist Subject, featured first on 28 December 2024. Songs played include Seamaisin.

De Danann is an Irish folk music group. In 1985 the spelling of the name was changed to De Dannan. De Danann was formed by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott (banjo) as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, with Dolores Keane (vocals) subsequently being invited to join the band. The fiddler Mickey Finn (1951–1987) is also acknowledged to have been a founder member. The band was named after the legendary Irish tribe Tuatha Dé Danann. Their first four albums, beginning in 1975 were cut under the De Danann name. Their debut album was called "De Danann." Since 2010, Finn and McDonagh have recorded and performed with a line-up named "De Danann", and, since 2012, Gavin has recorded and performed with another line-up named "De Dannan". Alec Finn died in 2018.

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De Danann

De Danann has been played on NTS in shows including Supporter Radio: Your Specialist Subject, featured first on 28 December 2024. Songs played include Seamaisin.

De Danann is an Irish folk music group. In 1985 the spelling of the name was changed to De Dannan. De Danann was formed by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott (banjo) as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, with Dolores Keane (vocals) subsequently being invited to join the band. The fiddler Mickey Finn (1951–1987) is also acknowledged to have been a founder member. The band was named after the legendary Irish tribe Tuatha Dé Danann. Their first four albums, beginning in 1975 were cut under the De Danann name. Their debut album was called "De Danann." Since 2010, Finn and McDonagh have recorded and performed with a line-up named "De Danann", and, since 2012, Gavin has recorded and performed with another line-up named "De Dannan". Alec Finn died in 2018.

Original source: Last.fm

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Seamaisin
De Dannan
Hummingbird Records1999