Life of music icon Pecker celebrated in word and song

The music of Paddy “Pecker” Dunne “is silent but not dead”.

Life of music icon Pecker celebrated in word and song
Mon, 24 Dec, 2012 - 00:00
Gordon Deegan

That is according to Fr Michael Sheedy, who told mourners yesterday that Pecker “made an extraordinary difference to lots and lots of people”.

The musician and storyteller died last Wednesday, aged 79, and St Senan’s Church in the west Clare town of Kilrush was packed to overflowing yesterday to hear his life celebrated in word and song.

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