News this morning of the death of a great friend Jimmy Mooney from Clondelara. May he rest in peace.
Mark Donegan was interviewed live on the Dave Fanning radio show last evening about his Spanjo and how he constructed it and then he played Jingle Bells. Dave asked Mark was there any music in the family and he told him about his brother Daithi Rua whose webpage can be found here under Entertainment.Don’t know whether he mention his mother Dolores a fine Banjo player.
Still have not seen this famous £2000 James Taylor guitar that Mark won.
Home from Covina California is Gerry Lyons and his son Edmund who are staying with Danny and Joan Farrelly.Gerry grew up in Lyons pub in Kilcock but Shannonbridge claims a large part of him as he spent many a school holiday with his Granny Mrs Darcy. His son Edmund is definetly his son and has that special red hair that Gerry had and has.
Late Date host Val Joyce last night said it was too early to read out Saints of the Day and instead told us that on this day in 1940 the first Pop Charts based on sales in stores were started.The first number one was a song called "I'll never smile again" sung by Frank Sinatra singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Coincidence that a horse called Frank Sonata ran a few days ago and finished nowhere.