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Gerry Cahill was born in Caherlistrane and started playing music from the age of eight..... first the melodeon, then the double row accordion, and later the piano accordion. He was a great admirer of musicians like Will Starr and Jimmy Shand. He soon developed a distinctive style of his own and he was very much in demand at house dances and roadside dances, which were very common at the time.

ONE OF the darkest days of the Irish music scene occurred on July 31 1975 when three members of The Miami Showband band were killed by UVF paramilitaries at a fake army checkpoint outside Newry.

Buccaneers first social event of their new season takes place at The Bounty tonight, Friday June 19 when Tony Henshaw and his crew host a mid-summer BBQ that promises food, fun, and serious craic!

GALWAY CROONER Keith McDonald and his eight piece big band will play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday August 19 at 8pm.

Showband legend Dickie Rock is to be honoured with the International Hall of Fame award at a gala night of stars in Athlone Radisson Hotel on Saturday October 19.

Katie Doyle will be playing at the Club House Hotel this Saturday November 24, from 10pm.

The Irish Entertainment Awards come to Athlone on Monday October 19 for what is expected to be the biggest concert of the year in the Midlands. The Mayor of Athlone, Mark Cooney will be presenting the International Hall of Fame Award to legendary showband star Dickie Rock.

The official biography of one of Irish showband music’s pioneers written by by a Galway journalist has soared up the book selling charts.

Loved and enjoyed by audiences throughout Ireland, the hugely successful Ireland’s showbands - “Do you come here often?” returns to Mullingar for another season of concerts this festive season and can be seen in the Mullingar Park Hotel on Sunday, January 3.

THE SHOWBANDS were a truly unique Irish entertainment phenomenon from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s and produced such names as Brendan Bowyer, Dickie Rock, Joe Dolan, Butch Moore, Red Hurley, and Big Tom.