November 1966 and Uncle John (Junior) appeared on Hughie Greens Opportunity Knocks,
with The Haymakers a local folk band singing The Irish Rover, this was a mean feat but
finishing in third position was a bigger compliment. The Haymakers inspiration at that time
were no different to any other folk band in The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem>
Uncle John passed away in 2000 and in the wake of this his sons and nephews formed 2 years later
"The Spirit Of Sixty 7" With their political views of the struggle in Ireland and complimented with an
undoubted musical talent a new generation was born in Folk/Rebel & Celtic music.
3 brothers Alan (Lead vocals & Guitars) Skid (Bass & Harmonica) and
The Wee Man (Drums, Vocals & Taking the piss)
The bands biggest influences include the Clancy Bothers, The Dubliners, The Wolfetones,
The Beatles, Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Corries, Bob Marley , The Pogues and the fantastic
Christy Moore and Declan Sinnot.
Over the past 5 years the band have played in Manhattan, Yonkers, Queens, Philadelphia,
Donegal, Dublin, Cork, Kildare,
Belfast, Mayo, Dundalk, Liverpool, Doncaster, Blackpool, all over Scotland Including the Famous Barrowlands.
We meet many people on our travels and have very many special friends of whom we would like to thank:
Jimmy Rabitte (Chris) Our Manager
The Spirit
Tony McAtee
Paddy for the famous Pleurisy Party
Nige The Roady
Gian at The Brazen Head
PJ O'Connor
Big Frank
The Owners of The Cosy Bar Athy for our very 1st gig on Irish Soil
Mae & Terry of Inishowen Guest House for putting us up and putting up with us
Scotch Joe from Belfast
Paul McKenna from Bawnmore a good friend
Barry & Cathy Cleary also Bawnmore
Mickey & Mary Bell & Family Bundoran
Steve, Janette, Carla & Garreeeee (The Botnay Bar & The Ranza)
Don Bullman From Cork ( alright Boyo!!!!)
The Spirit Of Freedom particularly Marty & His missus
All the Lads from Shebeen for all your support
Gary Og and Sean Lyons for their ongoing help and advice
"George" & "Barbara" Sinclair
Padraig Mor ( Big Horse)
Paddy Ryan The Maddest F****R ever “OOH SHE SAYS”
John Kelly The Parlour Bar NYC
Tom Tessrao & Paul Hendry NYCCSC
Paul Sheridan from The Wakes
Derek Maceil & Jerry Sheils
And all out there that enjoy our tunes
Sweet Music Roll On!
with The Haymakers a local folk band singing The Irish Rover, this was a mean feat but
finishing in third position was a bigger compliment. The Haymakers inspiration at that time
were no different to any other folk band in The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem>
Uncle John passed away in 2000 and in the wake of this his sons and nephews formed 2 years later
"The Spirit Of Sixty 7" With their political views of the struggle in Ireland and complimented with an
undoubted musical talent a new generation was born in Folk/Rebel & Celtic music.
3 brothers Alan (Lead vocals & Guitars) Skid (Bass & Harmonica) and
The Wee Man (Drums, Vocals & Taking the piss)
The bands biggest influences include the Clancy Bothers, The Dubliners, The Wolfetones,
The Beatles, Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Corries, Bob Marley , The Pogues and the fantastic
Christy Moore and Declan Sinnot.
Over the past 5 years the band have played in Manhattan, Yonkers, Queens, Philadelphia,
Donegal, Dublin, Cork, Kildare,
Belfast, Mayo, Dundalk, Liverpool, Doncaster, Blackpool, all over Scotland Including the Famous Barrowlands.
We meet many people on our travels and have very many special friends of whom we would like to thank:
Jimmy Rabitte (Chris) Our Manager
The Spirit
Tony McAtee
Paddy for the famous Pleurisy Party
Nige The Roady
Gian at The Brazen Head
PJ O'Connor
Big Frank
The Owners of The Cosy Bar Athy for our very 1st gig on Irish Soil
Mae & Terry of Inishowen Guest House for putting us up and putting up with us
Scotch Joe from Belfast
Paul McKenna from Bawnmore a good friend
Barry & Cathy Cleary also Bawnmore
Mickey & Mary Bell & Family Bundoran
Steve, Janette, Carla & Garreeeee (The Botnay Bar & The Ranza)
Don Bullman From Cork ( alright Boyo!!!!)
The Spirit Of Freedom particularly Marty & His missus
All the Lads from Shebeen for all your support
Gary Og and Sean Lyons for their ongoing help and advice
"George" & "Barbara" Sinclair
Padraig Mor ( Big Horse)
Paddy Ryan The Maddest F****R ever “OOH SHE SAYS”
John Kelly The Parlour Bar NYC
Tom Tessrao & Paul Hendry NYCCSC
Paul Sheridan from The Wakes
Derek Maceil & Jerry Sheils
And all out there that enjoy our tunes
Sweet Music Roll On!
Elvis
The Haymakers
The Clancy Bothers
The Beatles
The Dubliners
Bob Marley
The Wolfetones
The Corries
Johnny Cash
SO 67 Barrowlands 2004
Christy Moore
The Pogues
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