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Emmet-Spiceland (1966-1970, 1973) Photo Gallery - Band Lineups - Discography - Audio samples - Where Are They Now? The Story. In the mid-1960s, Donal Lunny, Brian Bolger, and Mick Maloney formed The Emmet Folk Group.
Emmet Spiceland was an Irish folk band formed when brothers Brian Byrne and Michael Byrne of the Spiceland Folk Group joined forces with Dónal Lunny, Brian Bolger and Mick Moloney's Emmet Folk Group. Emmet Spiceland hold a special place in Irish music history as the first of their kind, bringing what was, at the time, a modern sound, to the ...
At that time there was a duo playing the folk clubs in Dublin called The Spicelanders, who were the Byrne Brothers from Sheffield, the sons of Irish emigrants. Both acts appeared on the same bill numerous times, including the February '67 Ballad Concert organised at UCD as advertised in the flyer shown above.
Lunny and Bolger then joined with brothers Michael Byrne and Brian Byrne of Sheffield's Spiceland Folk, naming the new aggregation Emmet Spiceland. When Bolger left, Emmet Spiceland continued as a trio, in which guise they recorded their sole album, 1968's The First.
Aug 30, 2011 · Emmet Spiceland Folk Group, with O'carolans Concerto, from their album The First, recorded in 1968
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Brian Byrne played in a folk duo with his brother Michael called The Spicelanders in the late 60s. This duo from Sheffield then teamed up with Donal Lunny and Brian Bolger, late of the Emmet Folk, to form the Emmet Spiceland in 1968.
