De Dannan Video Showcase

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 1 person | Log in to rate

Ranked #4,665 in Music, #119,419 overall

Dé Danann/De Dannan

De Danann was formed in 1974 in Spiddal, County Galway by Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott (banjo).

They took their name from the mythical Irish tribe Tuatha De Danann. Along the way, for reasons not made clear, the group decided to change the spelling of the name to De Dannan, which is how it appears on Ballroom and following recordings. (The original spelling, as well as the tribe name, has the accent over the "e" which does not reproduce in this text box.)

Please visit my De Dannan page at my website, Have Pun Will Travel and my De Dannan lens on Squidoo. Links are below the videos.

De Dannan Videos 1 

1

Vote Up
Vote Down

De Dannan - Reels (1980) 0 points

2

Vote Up
Vote Down

Maggie - Elenor Shanley & De Dannan 0 points

3

Vote Up
Vote Down

De Dannan - Live at the Embankment (1976) 0 points

4

Vote Up
Vote Down

A Couple of Reels - De Dannan 0 points

5

Vote Up
Vote Down

De Dannan 0 points

De Dannan Videos 2 

"The Smoochi Hornpipe" features De Dannan's Frankie Gavin on fiddle playing with other musicians. The YouTube page for it includes a good short bio for Frankie.

1

Vote Up
Vote Down

Hey Jude - De Dannan 0 points

2

Vote Up
Vote Down

de dannan et al - hard times 0 points

3

Vote Up
Vote Down

Paddy's Lamentation - Mary Black De Dannan 0 points

4

Vote Up
Vote Down

The Smoochi Hornpipe 0 points

5

Vote Up
Vote Down

De Dannan - Hibernian Rhapsody 0 points

De Dannan Links 

Since De Dannan hasn't recorded since their last album Welcome to the Hotel Connemara, there is no current website for the group. The Ceolas page appears to date from no later than 1997, and the Wikipedia entry is somewhat sparse, considering the band's influence in Irish music and the prominence of many of its members.
Profile of De Dannan on Ceolas
While this site does give useful information about the band's formation and its members, it does not list albums released after Hibernian Rhapsody.
De Dannan at HavePun-WillTravel.com
My page for De Dannan in the Celtic Music section of my website Have Pun Will Travel.
MobyD's De Dannan Lens
My Squidoo lens for De Dannan lists CDs and MP3s available on Amazon, plus a brief history of the group.
MobyD's Celtic Music Lenses
A lens to help you find other Celtic Music lenses and video showcases.
Celtic Music Video Showcases
A lens listing other Celtic music video showcases by MobyD.

Your Feedback for the De Dannan Video Showcase 

Join Squidoo and create your own lenses. They're free and you might even make some money at it through affiliate marketing. Lenses are web pages, but the Squidoo folks call them lenses because the pages focus in on topics. Everyone's an expert on something. Music, humor, books, travel, food, wine, collectibles, sports, movies, photography -- anything that interests you probably interests someone else. Ready to start? CLICK HERE

submit
Show All

Please Bookmark This Lens 

If you enjoyed reading this lens, then why not share it with your friends. I'd appreciate it very much!

Add this to your lens »

Bookmark and Share

Please donate! 

The Squidoo Charity Fund has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. Thanks to the Squidoo community, we've built schools in Cambodia, given underprivileged classrooms computers and software, funded important reseach against Juvenile Diabetes

We at Squidoo passionately believe in creating new ways to support good causes online. By making a donation to Squidoo Charity Fund from this page, you are sending money directly to that organization, in whatever amount you want. We don't touch it. We don't even see it. The author of this page doesn't either. And if you made it this far, thanks for caring.

Cancel

by MobyD

I'm very interested in Celtic music and have created a series of lenses about performers. See Celtic Music: Lenses (named Lens of the Day on March 16,... (more)

Explore related pages

Celtic Music: Golden Bough
Paul Espinoza and Margie Butler, founding members of Golden Bough, started perfo...
Celtic Music: Alexander James Adams
Alexander James Adams is an Oregon-based singer/songwriter who plays guitar, fid...
Celtic Music: De Dannan
De Danann was formed in 1974 in Spiddal, County Galway by Frankie Gavin (fiddle)...
Celtic Music: The Bothy Band
The Bothy Band came together in late 1974 at a musical celebration of 25 years o...
Celtic Music: Flook
The first time you hear Flook, you'll know you've discovered something special....
Celtic Music: Music at Matt Molloy's
Back in 1992 Matt Molloy, flute player extraordinaire, former member of the Both...

Related Topics

MobyD Recommends...

Create a Lens!