Luke Kelly : A Memoir

Name: Luke Kelly : A Memoir
Brand: Cork University Press

Cork University Press

Luke KellyA Memoir\nAuthor(s): Des Geraghty\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cork University Press, Ireland\nImprint: Attic Press\nISBN-13: 9781855940901, 978-1855940901\nSynopsis\nLuke Kelly [tel] was an Irish singer and folk musician from Dublin most famous as a member of the band The Dubliners. Kelly was one of the best-known figures of the Irish folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. A Dubliner from the north inner city. He emigrated to Britain in 1958. There he first became involved in the growing international folk music scene in which Ewan MacColl was a central figure. In 1962 Luke Kelly returned to Dublin and quickly became a central figure in the city's burgeoning folk music community. He formed a folk group with Drew, McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan, which he named The Dubliners. In 1965, Kelly married the actress Deirdre O'Connell, one of the founders of the Focus Theatre. In the mid-1960s, Luke moved to England and on returning, he rejoined the Dubliners. Luke .