Dónal Lunny

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Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947 in Tullamore, County Offaly) is an accomplished Irish traditional musician. For more than thirty-five years Lunny has been at the cutting edge of the evolution of Irish music and is generally regarded as having been central to the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period. He was a co-founder not only of the legendary Planxty, but also of The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts. Born in Tullamore, then moved to Newbridge, County Kildare, as a teenager Lunny joined a band called Rakes of Kildare, with Christy Moore. Lunny’s Emmet Folk Group and Michael and Brian Byrne’s Spiceland Folk Group joined forces to form The Emmet Spiceland. Their debut album ‘The First’ was released in 1968. They were a vocal harmony group and reached number one in Ireland with the single “Mary From Dungloe”. In 1971 he played on Prosperous, the first album by Christy Moore. The musicians from Prosperous assembled in 1972 under the name Planxty. The band became a leading proponent of Irish traditional instrumental music for the next ten years. In 1975 Lunny left them to form The Bothy Band, playing guitar and bouzouki. They disbanded in 1978. Lunny became a session musician on Davey and Morris, the first album to feature Shaun Davey. Lunny then got together with Christy Moore again in 1981, to form Moving Hearts. Another founding member was the young uilleann piper, Davy Spillane. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License;

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Donal Lunny's Definitive Moving Hearts

Coolfin

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SON AR CHISTR • My cheers To You !

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Idir An Dá Sholas

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Celtic Graces: A Best of Ireland

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Celtic Christmas [Windham Hill]

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Transatlantic Sessions - Series 5, Vol. Three

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Donal Lunny

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Journey : The Best of Donal Lunny [Disc 1]

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Journey: The Best of Dónal Lunny Disc 1

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Transatlantic Sessions - Series 4: Volume Three

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Journey: The Best of Dónal Lunny Disc 2

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