Dermot O'brien

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God Save Ireland 00:00 Tools
Galway Shawl 00:00 Tools
Home Boys Home 00:00 Tools
On the One Road 00:00 Tools
Off to Dublin in the Green 00:00 Tools
Four Green Fields 00:00 Tools
The Rising Of The Moon 00:00 Tools
The West's Awake 00:00 Tools
Ould Claddagh Ring 00:00 Tools
Boulavogue 00:00 Tools
The Bold Fenian Men 00:00 Tools
Memory Of The Dead 00:00 Tools
Ireland Boys Hurrah 00:00 Tools
Bold Fenian Men 00:00 Tools
Connemara Rose 00:00 Tools
James Connolly 00:00 Tools
Patriot Game 00:00 Tools
Irish Soldier Laddie 00:00 Tools
Twenty Men From Dublin Town 00:00 Tools
The Sea Around Us 00:00 Tools
Banna Strand 00:00 Tools
A Nation Once Again 00:00 Tools
A Soldier's Song 00:00 Tools
Rising Of The Moon 00:00 Tools
Irish Soldier Boy 00:00 Tools
Three Flowers 00:00 Tools
Johnston's Motor Car 00:00 Tools
The Dying Rebel 00:00 Tools
Where The Three Counties Meet 00:00 Tools
Foggy Dew 00:00 Tools
Whistling Rufus 00:00 Tools
Kevin Barry 00:00 Tools
Come To THe Bower 00:00 Tools
Nora 00:00 Tools
Yellow Bird / Never On a Sunday 00:00 Tools
Quare Bungle Rye 00:00 Tools
Cock O' The North / Atholl Highlanders / Athlone Jig 00:00 Tools
Marching Through Georgia/Battle Hymn of the Republic 00:00 Tools
The Merry Ploughboy 00:00 Tools
Sean South 00:00 Tools
Sean South From Garryowen 00:00 Tools
Three Leaf Shamrock 00:00 Tools
Beer Barrel Polka 00:00 Tools
Folsom Prison 00:00 Tools
North to Alaska 00:00 Tools
Holy Ground 00:00 Tools
Slieve Gallion Braes 00:00 Tools
Johnson's Motor Car 00:00 Tools
THE GALWAY SHAWL 00:00 Tools
Dungarvan My Hometown 00:00 Tools
Boys Of Killy Begs 00:00 Tools
The Men Of Roscommon 00:00 Tools
My Ould Tambourine 00:00 Tools
Gypsy Boy 00:00 Tools
My Eileen 00:00 Tools
Alpine Slopes 00:00 Tools
Bluebell Polka 00:00 Tools
Song Of An Irish Husband 00:00 Tools
Sailing Home 00:00 Tools
Red, Red, Robin / Baby Face / Anything Goes / Chicago 00:00 Tools
The Turfman From Ardee 00:00 Tools
Cookoo Waltz 00:00 Tools
Shaskeen/Drunken Piper/Rolling on the Grass 00:00 Tools
The Beer Barrell Polka 00:00 Tools
The 79Th's Farewell to Gibraltar / The Barren Rocks of Aden 00:00 Tools
Sean South of Garryowen 00:00 Tools
The Westmeath Bachelor 00:00 Tools
Boolavogue 00:00 Tools
The High Level 00:00 Tools
Peanut Vendor 00:00 Tools
Blue Bayou 00:00 Tools
Neansaí 00:00 Tools
Road To Malinmore 00:00 Tools
Dublin '62 00:00 Tools
I'm Goin' Home 00:00 Tools
The World Goes Round 00:00 Tools
Farewell to Galway 00:00 Tools
O'Carolan's Receipt For Drinking 00:00 Tools
County Leitrim Queen 00:00 Tools
The Three Flowers 00:00 Tools
Farewell T Galway 00:00 Tools
The Old Claddagh Ring 00:00 Tools
Dungarvan my home town 00:00 Tools
In the Good Old Summer Time / Tiger Rag 00:00 Tools
The Boys Of Killybegs 00:00 Tools
Castlebar 00:00 Tools
Old Comrades 00:00 Tools
County Mayo 00:00 Tools
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He has performed in every major theatre in England, Ireland and Scotland including several top of the bill appearances at the Royal Albert Hall, London. In the middle and late sixties, Dermot O'Brien and his band were one of the biggest draws in Ireland and were featured on records, radio and numerous T.V. shows. They toured regularly in England, Scotland, the United States, Canada, Germany and even in the United Arab emirates where they appeared for many years. In Scotland, where Dermot still tours once a year, he is known in that country of great accordion players as the "King of the Accordion". He has had many hit singles such as "The Galway Shawl", "The Old Claddagh Ring", "Spancil Hill", "Dublin '62" and more, including many instrumental hits. His biggest record success was of course "The Merry Ploughboy", which went straight to Number 1 in the Irish charts. To this day, only the Beatles and Elvis Presley have achieved this feat! Dermot has had his own T.V. Show on Irish T.V. for many years where it regularly topped the viewing ratings. He has also guested on many other shows including Irish language programs, as he is a keen Gaelic speaker. He has written many of his own songs, "Connemara Rose", "Farewell to Galway", "Dublin '62", "There Has To Be an End" etc. One of his compositions in Irish, "Neansai", won the International Pan-Celtic Song Contest in 1980. Many of his songs have been recorded by other artists including: Paddy Reilly, Brendan Shine, Dermot Hegarty, Bridie Gallagher, Mary McGonigle and Daniel O'Donnell. Dermot has toured and shared the stage with Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Bill Haley and the Comets, Buddy Herman and recorded a St. Patrick's Day Special with Bing Crosby in Dublin, which was shown coast to coast in the United States. As well as performing, Dermot has over the years, found time to arrange and produce records for many Irish and Irish American artists, including: The Furey Brothers, Larry Cunningham, Dermot Hegarty, The Wolfe Tones, Johnny McEvoy, Philomena Begley, Ray Lynam, Dermot Henry, Mary McGonigle, Pat Roper, Noel Henry, Al Logan and many more. That these exalted names from the Irish music world have entrusted their recordings to Dermot is proof of his outstanding musical ability. In May 2001, Dermot was the subject of a documentary in the series "Laochra Gael" (GAA legends), shown on TG4 the Irish language TV station. The program traced his sporting and musical history with some very interesting clips, including one of his performance with Bing Crosby and Milo O'Shea. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.