40 years of Aslan: People see you on The Late Late Show and think you’re minted
Aslan, Billy McGuinness, Alan Downey,Christy Dignam and Joe Jewell at rehearsals in Jealoustown Studios, Co Meath. Photograph Moya Nolan
A few years ago, Christy Dignam’s granddaughter informed him he was a millionaire.
“She says, ‘Granda, you’re loaded.’ I said, ‘Where did you get that?’ She said, ‘Google yourself.’ So I googled myself. It said ‘Christy Dignam, musician… worth $18 million, died 24 January 2010’.”
