#OTD in 1945 – Birth of folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

07/05/2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Christy Moore is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. In 2007, he was named as Ireland’s greatest living musician in RTÉ’s People of the Year Awards. The former lead-vocalist and chief songwriter of Planxty and Moving Hearts, Moore helped to bring the musical traditions of Ireland up to modern standards and […]

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of Ralph McTell in England. Best known for his song ‘Streets of London’, which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ‘From Clare to Here’.

03/12/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

One of the great storytellers, Ralph McTell, known for his virtuoso guitar style, is primarily a prolific and gifted songwriter. With a style that invites you into a unique world, he weaves a narrative that is both significant and poignant. Ralph made his debut in 1968 with the album ‘Eight Frames a Second’ and in […]

#OTD in 1945 – Birth of folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

07/05/2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of Ralph McTell in England. Best known for his song ‘Streets of London’, which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ‘From Clare to Here’.

03/12/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1945 – Birth of singer, songwriter and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

07/05/2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Christy Moore is one of the founding members of Plenty and Moving Hearts. In 2007, he was named as Ireland’s greatest living musician in RTÉ’s People of the Year Awards. The former lead-vocalist and chief songwriter of Planxty and Moving Hearts, Moore helped to bring the musical traditions of Ireland up to modern standards and […]

1944 – Birth of Ralph McTell in England. Best known for his song ‘Streets of London’, which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ‘From Clare to Here’.

03/12/2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

1945 – Birth of singer, songwriter and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

07/05/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

1945 – Ralph McTell, writer of From Clare To Here and Streets Of London is born.

03/12/2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

1952 – Gary Moore, blues guitarist, is born.

04/04/2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Blues guitarist Gary Moore is born in Belfast. Moore was a guitar prodigy who was mentored in his teens by Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac. Green gave Moore his 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar after he left Fleetwood Mac. Moore’s first band was Skid Row which featured a young Phil Lynott. Moore went on to […]

1948 – Birth in Donegal of Irish blues-guitarist, Rory Gallagher.

02/03/2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Irish blues guitarist legend Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, the UK music paper Melody Maker voters gave Gallagher […]

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#OTD in 1945 – Birth of folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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#OTD in 1944 – Birth of Ralph McTell in England. Best known for his song ‘Streets of London’, which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ‘From Clare to Here’.

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#OTD in 1945 – Birth of folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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#OTD in 1944 – Birth of Ralph McTell in England. Best known for his song ‘Streets of London’, which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ‘From Clare to Here’.

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#OTD in 1945 – Birth of singer, songwriter and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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1944 – Birth of Ralph McTell in England. Best known for his song ‘Streets of London’, which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ‘From Clare to Here’.

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1945 – Birth of singer, songwriter and guitarist, Christy Moore in Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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1945 – Ralph McTell, writer of From Clare To Here and Streets Of London is born.

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1952 – Gary Moore, blues guitarist, is born.

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1948 – Birth in Donegal of Irish blues-guitarist, Rory Gallagher.

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