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If you could bring one Irish musician back to life...

21-12-2014 10:39PM

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john the one

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For a gig Who would it be? I would probably pick Gary Moore myself, any footage I have seen on YouTube looks full of emotion and energy.

Damn could he make his ax sing!

Who would you pick and why?

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#2 21-12-2014 10:42PM

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Luke Kelly

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#3 21-12-2014 10:42PM

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I would agree with Gary Moore. Legend!

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#4 21-12-2014 10:42PM

the evasion_kid

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Phil lynott

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#5 21-12-2014 10:42PM

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Ronan Keating.

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#6 21-12-2014 10:43PM

keith16

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Twink.

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#7 21-12-2014 10:43PM

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Garth Brooks.

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#8 21-12-2014 10:43PM

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Derek mcormack, only for his singing voice, oh and the great Barney mckenna on the banjo

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#9 21-12-2014 10:43PM

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Rory Gallagher

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#10 21-12-2014 10:44PM

eviltwin

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Joe Dolan

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#11 21-12-2014 10:44PM

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Phil Lynnot

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#12 21-12-2014 10:44PM

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pat ingoldsby

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#13 21-12-2014 10:44PM

clintondaly

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Freddie Mercury

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#14 21-12-2014 10:44PM

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#16 21-12-2014 10:44PM

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clintondaly wrote: »

Freddie Mercury

was he Irish?

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#17 21-12-2014 10:45PM

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#18 21-12-2014 10:46PM

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Van Morrison*

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#19 21-12-2014 10:46PM

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#20 21-12-2014 10:46PM

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#21 21-12-2014 10:46PM

john the one

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Luke Kelly would be a rare oul treat to bring back but I thought he might be too obvious!

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#22 21-12-2014 10:46PM

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keith16 wrote: »

Twink.

For the zombie apocalypse?

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#23 21-12-2014 10:48PM

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Joe Dolan the Westmeath bachelor. ah no Luke Kelly or Gary Moore or Rory Gallagher.....very hard to choose.

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#24 21-12-2014 10:48PM

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Wife would say John Mc Cormac but I think he is fine where he is.

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#25 21-12-2014 10:49PM

john the one

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Dexter Bip wrote: »

Wife would say John Mc Cormac but I think he is fine where he is.

Had to google him

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#26 21-12-2014 10:51PM

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Elvis.

His ancestors came from Carlow

http://www.hacketstown.ie/elvis/

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#27 21-12-2014 10:52PM

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john the one wrote: »

Had to google him

Thanks. She plays the B•••••d incessantly. Fifteen years. Grounds For divorce.

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#28 21-12-2014 10:54PM

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Dexter Bip wrote: »

Thanks. She plays the B•••••d incessantly. Fifteen years. Grounds For divorce.

Pains Angelicus ....;)

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Charles Mackay (1812-1889)

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#29 21-12-2014 10:55PM

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Luke Kelly! Best singer ever

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#30 21-12-2014 10:56PM

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Luke Kelly would be great craic in fairness. But Id pick mic christopher. Proper cool dude.

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#31 21-12-2014 10:57PM

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For me, Phil Lynnot just pips Rory Gallagher.

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