Emma sings to thank Crumlin

AFTER years of gruelling cancer treatment, 11-year-old Emma McCarron decided she wanted to give something back to Crumlin Children’s Hospital.

Emma sings to thank Crumlin

Long known in her family as the young girl who loves to sing, she had become increasingly aware of the musical vein that runs through her family and decided to ask her Los Angeles-based great-uncle, Colm Gallagher, to pen her a tune.

Gallagher is best known for Reel in the Flickering Light, made famous by Christy Moore, but he has also written for Tommy Makem, the Kilfenora Céilí Band and others.

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