High praise

The late, great Luke Kelly was the Neil Diamond of folk singing.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2014 - 00:00
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His singing of ’Raglan Road’ and ‘The Town I Loved So Well’ is the equal of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ and Paul McCartney’s ‘Yesterday’. Luke was the Brendan Grace of conviviality and craic.

Jerry Daly

Tralee

Co Kerry

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