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De Dannan (originally Dé Danann) was an Irish folk music group. They were
formed by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny
"Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán)and Charlie Piggott (banjo)as a result of
sessions in Hughes's Pub in Spiddal, County Galway, subsequently inviting
Dolores Keane (vocals) to join the band. They named themselves Dé Danann
after the legendary Irish tribe, Tuatha Dé Danann.
The group released their eponymous debut album Dé Danann in 1975. Keane
left to marry John Faulkner in 1977. (They were both
multi-instrumentalists, and recorded 3 folk albums together.) To fill the
vacancy, Dé Danann brought in Johnny Moynihan for the second album Selected
Jigs Reels and Songs, which featured a bodhrán solo by McDonagh (this album
has never been released on CD, reportedly because the master tapes were
lost). The Mist Covered Mountain featured various older traditional
singers, and on Star-Spangled
Discography
The De Danann Collection
A Jacket of Batteries
