“It’s a different consciousness down there,” the Waterboys’ Mike Scott says of west Kerry. “There’s an older world that has survived. It’s mythical.” And Séamus Begley was a mythical character at home in it.
As the first anniversary of the singer and accordion player’s death approaches, Scott is among the musicians, singers, and family members reflecting on his life and work in a new RTÉ documentary, Séamus Begley – The Bold Kerryman.
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