Barry first found music when he borrowed his sister's record collection when he was about eight and was hooked. When Caroline started it was a new beginning, and he listened to all the stations, but Caroline was his favourite by far. Later he became a singer in a band, then started doing discos when he was 18. He joined Caroline in 1977, touring the country with the Caroline Roadshow for 10 years, having great fun. Barry helped with tender trips and worked on the Ross Revenge in '84 and '85. ...
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Ep. 65 - Seán McElwain on the music of the Sliabh Beagh region
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Aoife speaks with musician and writer Seán McElwain about his new book ‘Our Dear Dark Mountain with the Sky Over It’. The books tells the story of James Whiteside who collected music in the Sliabh Beagh region, an area on the border between Northern Ireland and the south straddling counties Fermanagh and Monaghan in the late 1900s.
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Aoife speaks with musician and writer Seán McElwain about his new book ‘Our Dear Dark Mountain with the Sky Over It’. The books tells the story of James Whiteside who collected music in the Sliabh Beagh region, an area on the border between Northern Ireland and the south straddling counties Fermanagh and Monaghan in the late 1900s.
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