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Sweeney's Men

Sweeney's Men has been played on NTS shows including Uncanny Valley w/ Peter J Doyle, with Dreams For Me first played on 16 October 2020.

Sweeney's Men was an Irish traditional band. They were a part of the late 1960s Irish roots revival, along with groups like The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers. Their line-up in 1966 was Joe Dolan (1942 – 2008), Johnny Moynihan and Andy Irvine, but Dolan was replaced by Terry Woods only a year later. At the time, they played the tin whistle, concertina, harmonica, guitar, mandolin, banjo and bouzouki.

Sweeney's Men's most famous innovation is probably Moynihan's introduction of the bouzouki,…

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Rattlin' Roarin' Willy
Sweeney's Men
Transatlantic Records1968
Rattlin' Roarin' Willy
Sweeney's MenTransatlantic Records1968
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Willy O'Winsbury
Sweeney's Men, Terry Woods
Transatlantic Records1992
Willy O'Winsbury
Sweeney's Men, Terry WoodsTransatlantic Records1992
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Dreams For Me
Sweeney's Men
Transatlantic Records1969
Dreams For Me
Sweeney's MenTransatlantic Records1969
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