It's little wonder the Tuath Dé or the Tribe of the Gods were mistaken as the stuff of nonsense, but we as mere mortals today can make our own conclusions. When I came to live in Ireland, it did not ...
Eleanor Shanley of Irish group De Danann has enjoyed what parts of Canada she has seen during her first full-fledged tour of the country. But she does have one lingering question: Where have all the ...
Taking their name from the legendary Irish tribe the Tuatha Dé Danann, the band De Dannan, (the subtle name change from Dé Danann to De Dannan happened on this 1985 album), grew from a weekly Sunday ...
Tributes have flowed for the co-founder of renowned traditional band De Danann, Alec Finn, who passed away aged 74. Originally from England, Finn made Co Galway his home, living in the 15th-century ...
De Dannan (originally Dé Danann) is an Irish folk music group. It was formed by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott (banjo) as a ...
President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the traditional musician Alec Finn who has died aged 74. Finn was a founder member of De Danann, one of the most popular and enduring Irish trad acts ...
The late Alec Finn, long-time bouzouki player with De Danann recalled the hectic US travel arrangements in an interview with the RTÉ Guide in 1999. Alec Finn's death at 74 was announced on Friday. The ...
Three and a half decades after their 1975 debut, and seven years on from their break up, De Danann are back, minus their flamboyant fiddler Frankie Gavin. Founding members Alec Finn and Johnny "Ringo" ...