Emmet spiceland

[dalymount]

Do any of you remember an irish Ballad / folk group from the 60s called emmet spiceland.it was mainly made up of 2 brothers called Byrne,and Donal Lunney was also part of it.they were one of my favourite groups of the time,and still are.

[Cool Boola]

Yeah...they were rapid...Have had some lovely chats with Donal Lunney in the taxi over the years...A very gentle man

[john m]

Next you will be asking us did we know Rakish Paddy Barney Mc Kennas brother played with then regular gig Wednesday Nights in Taylors Guild Hall just across from Mother Redcaps or the Old Winstanley factory as it was to those of us with Culture .Belted out many a tune with Tommy Fleming in the Dame Tavern Tuesday Nights .In the old Rathmines Inn one Sunday Morning band playing Sultans of Swing turned out to be Knoffler sitting in .

[Cool Boola]

That's gas...I remember in the Baggot Inn one Monday night Bowie got up and sang a set...Not many there..I asked him if he wanted a drink and he said...you can't  afford me luv...We all had a laugh...Mad days back then.

[john m]

One Sunday leaving the Dandalion Market met Rod Stewart and Brit Eckland on Grafton Street .He was over here to watch the Scotland V England Home international football match on telly as he was a tax exile from the UK .While he was here he filmed the video for Sailing .

My best one was working the 4 Seasons talking to some old guy outside .He says Lovely Air in this City I grunt Yeh then he says I was walking down by the river today a clean river for a Capital City .I say it wasent when I was a Kid it was an Open Sewer The shit use to flow into it at Heuston and if it was Dry for a few days and the River didnt flow the Shit would harden on top and we would throw stones and bottles at the hard shit to break it and it would stink of shit like a million stink bombs .Two lads come out of the Hotel to the Residence .One says yer man is a cool dude .Who sais I .Fella says thats Leonard Cohen he was about a million years old I have the Best of album but the photo was taken about 50 years ago .Think Dublin is one of the Few Cities where if you see somebody famous you nod at them and leave them alone.

[dalymount]

Next you will be asking us did we know Rakish Paddy Barney Mc Kennas brother played with then regular gig Wednesday Nights in Taylors Guild Hall just across from Mother Redcaps or the Old Winstanley factory as it was to those of us with Culture .Belted out many a tune with Tommy Fleming in the Dame Tavern Tuesday Nights .In the old Rathmines Inn one Sunday Morning band playing Sultans of Swing turned out to be Knoffler sitting in .

ah Sean og mckenna .a great musician so he was.Tommy Flemming I met once .his wife Tina is also his agent

[markmiwurdz]

"Baidin fheilime d'imigh go Gola",wearing your velvet cravat were yeh Dalymount?...

[john m]

Next you will be asking us did we know Rakish Paddy Barney Mc Kennas brother played with then regular gig Wednesday Nights in Taylors Guild Hall just across from Mother Redcaps or the Old Winstanley factory as it was to those of us with Culture .Belted out many a tune with Tommy Fleming in the Dame Tavern Tuesday Nights .In the old Rathmines Inn one Sunday Morning band playing Sultans of Swing turned out to be Knoffler sitting in .

ah Sean og mckenna .a great musician so he was.Tommy Flemming I met once .his wife Tina is also his agent

You Raise me Up was Written for Tommy he Gave it to West Life and Josh Grobin both had monster hits with it made millions for the writer .

[dalymount]

S far as I remember,the two Byrne brothers were from Shefield in England,but considered themselves to be Irish because their perants were from here.wonderful harmonies particularly on mary from donloe

[watty]

Do any of you remember...

There's an app for that 

https://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/emmetspicelandf.htm

[dalymount]

I read the article its very interesting.it mentions Anne Byrne.I remember Anne,she was part of another old favourite group of mine called the Ludlows .Coola do you remember the Ludlows ?  a fella I used to worked for called Mick Crotty played with them also.mick went on to play with the Dublin city ramblers ,and he introduced me to Patsy watchorn ,and Sean mc guinness ,( who is STILL with the ramblers) Patsy is retired now and living in Carlow,Mick became an art teacher and Sean is still playing music

[Cool Boola]

Did the Ludlows sing ...Thank god we are surrounded by water ?..Was yer man that red haired specky gnut from Donegal in them...

[dalymount]

Yes indeed that was their big hit.the guy your talking about was Paddy Roach I think,and he actually married Anne Byrne. God I feel like Jimmy Magee the memory man

[Cool Boola]

Here's  another blast from the past...

[silverbullet]

Met Stocktons wing and Christy Moore loads of time in the Meeting place on upr Dorset  Street.
Tommy Hayes, Bodhran.

Steve Cooney ( I think) on didgeridoo.
https://youtu.be/GiHrnOyghKY