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18/03/2012

BBC Four - Songs of Ireland

With Eleanor McEvoy, Finbar Furey, Cara Dillon, Luka Bloom, Brian Kennedy and many more.

Irish singers and musicians including Eleanor McEvoy, Finbar Furey, Cara Dillon, Luka Bloom, Brian Kennedy, recorded in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at Celtic Connections 2012.

Some of the finest Irish singers and musicians, recorded in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at Celtic Connections 2012. Eleanor McEvoy, Finbar Furey, Cara Dillon, Luka Bloom, Brian Kennedy and many others sing the songs that Ireland is famous for. Love songs, songs of emigration, songs of loss, contemporary and traditional are all beautifully accompanied by the house band, top Irish American group Solas.

Ricky Ross presents an hour of great Irish music.

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