{"id":155,"date":"2016-02-07T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frankiegavin-dedannan.irish\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2024-07-21T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T13:10:54","slug":"de-dannan-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frankiegavin-dedannan.irish\/index.php\/de-dannan-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The De Dannan story 1976 – 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The De Dannan story is a long and illustrious one. The original band lasted for 28 years, with many changes of line-up, but even so, longer than many other Irish supergroups, Planxty, The Bothy Band. Wikipedia<\/a> tells the story in outline in a reasonably balanced way.<\/p>\n

Summary of changing line-ups (from The Balladeers<\/a> website)
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\u00a01976-1978
\n<\/strong>Andy Irvine<\/a> was briefly a member of the band in 1976 and appeared on The 3rd Irish Folk Festival<\/a> \u2014 his only recording with D\u00e9 Danann. Irvine left the band soon thereafter because of scheduling conflicts and proposed Johnny Moynihan<\/a> as his replacement. Moynihan was a member of D\u00e9 Danann in 1976-1978 and appeared on the band’s second album, Selected Jigs Reels and Songs<\/a>. You can read how Andy Irvine left the band here<\/a>.
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