Dixies singer Brendan O’Brien dies

BRENDAN O’BRIEN, one of the brightest lights of the showband era, has died.

The Cork entertainer played guitar and sang with the Dixies showband for more than a decade from the early 60s.

The showband, originally called the Dixielanders, was a star attraction throughout the country and successfully took its unique style of dance hall entertainment to Europe and the US.