De Dannan, along with The Bothy Band, Planxty and The Chieftains, is one of the seminal super-group Irish traditional bands that started up in the heady days of the 1970s and have powered along in ...

THE co-founder of the folk group De Dannan Alec Finn has died aged 74. Talented musician Finn founded De Dannan back in 1974 alongside Frankie Gavin, Ringo McDonagh and Charlie Piggo. Alec sadly died ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irish folk singer Dolores Keane, who, in addition to founding the group De Dannan had a successful solo career, has died. She was ...

A co-founder of Galway-based folk group De Dannan has passed away. Alec Finn, who was 74, Finn, founded De Dannan in 1974 with Frankie Gavin, Ringo McDonagh and Charlie Piggot. Although born in ...

WHAT’S IN a name? Quite a lot for some musicians it seems, after a spat between two of the founding members of trad supergroup De Dannan erupted yesterday into a public row as some of Ireland’s ...

Trad's evolutionary qualities are alive and in evidence in this latest incarnation of Frankie Gavin's De Dannan. With a few relative newcomers aboard (Paul O'Driscoll on double bass, Colm Ó Caoimh on ...