Desmond O'Halloran (29 August 1940 – 28 September 2019) was an
Irish singer and musician.
Biography
A native of
Inishbofin, O'Halloran emigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1950s, where he enjoyed regular success as a singer at the All-Britain championships. Returning to Inishbofin in the mid-1980s, O'Halloran joined the island's
céilí band, with whom many visiting musicians would sit in, as well as playing at sessions on the island.
He gained chart success in 2001 with "Say You Love Me", which reached No. 4 on the Irish charts, and was later re-released as a
remix
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. The song was taken from the
Sharon Shannon
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album, ''The Diamond Mountain Sessions''.
His 70th birthday party, held in Fagan's Bar, Hotel Meyrick, Eyre Square, Galway, on 29 August 2010, was attended by musicians such as
Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and Diatonic button accordion, melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, ''Sharon Shann ...
,
Joe Burke, Anne Conroy Burke,
Frankie Gavin, Matt Keane,
Mary Staunton
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A native of County Mayo, Staunton released her first album, ''Bright Early Mornings'', in 1998. It was produced with support from Alec Finn of De Dannan, who also appears on t ...
, Tommy McCarthy, Mick Crehan, Gerry Hanley,
Rosie Stewart
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and Dick Hogan.
O'Halloran performed with either
Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and Diatonic button accordion, melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, ''Sharon Shann ...
's Big Band or the Fuaim Chonamara show by the Cuningham dancing family during the years he was active.
O'Halloran died on 28 September 2019.
See also
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Clann Fhergail
Clann Fhergail was a cantred located in County Galway, comprising the baronies of Moycullen and Galway, and the parishes of Oranmore and Ballynacourty and Rahoon.
Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa Muintiri Murchada is a tract dating since the r ...
*
Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa Muintiri Murchada
Muintir Murchada was the name of an Irish territory which derived its name from the ruling dynasty, who were in turn a branch of the Uí Briúin. The name was derived from Murchadh mac Maenach, King of Uí Briúin Seóla, who died 891.
Overview ...
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Martin O'Halloran
Martin O'Halloran was a member of County Galway Land League, .
Biography
O'Halloran was Secretary of the Kiltullagh Branch of the Irish Land League. He was bound over to the police for having made a seditious speech at Craughwell in the course of ...
, member of County Galway Land League, fl. 1879–1881
Discography
* ''The Men of the Island'', Topic 12TS 305, 1975.
* ''The Dear Little Isle'' with the Inishbofin Céilí Band
* ''The Diamond Mountain Sessions'', with Sharon Shannon, 2000.
* ''The Pound Road'', Daisy, 2001.
References
External links
Irishmusicreview.comGalwaynews.ie
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Musicians from County Galway
Irish male singers
1940 births
2019 deaths