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Actress, singer, theatre director. Spouse. Luke Kelly (1965–1970s) Eleanore Deirdre O'Connell (16 June 1939 – 9 June 2001) was an Irish American actress, singer, and theatre director who founded the Focus Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
Kelly went with Deirdre O'Connell, founder of the Focus Theatre, whom he was to marry the following year, back to London and became involved in Ewan MacColl's "gathering". The Critics, as it was called, was formed to explore folk traditions and help young singers.
Jan 30, 2014 · Sheahan points to his generosity as one of his defining characteristics. He remembers an occasion when Kelly's wife, the actress Deirdre O'Connell, had returned from a furniture auction...
Jan 12, 2016 · Kelly took a two-year hiatus in the band’s early years with his future wife, the Bronx-born Deirdre O’Connell, to work with Ewan MacColl, the Lancashire playwright and folk singer.
May 9, 2018 · Luke, the card-carrying communist from the Dublin docks and Deirdre, the otherworldly creature from the South Bronx, came together and married in 1965. Her maid of honor was Sabina Coyne, an actress in Deirdre’s company and the future wife of Ireland’s current president, Michael D. Higgins.
Oct 23, 1999 · Kelly's final years, spent with his partner Madeline Seiler (his marriage to Deirdre O'Connell had broken up) were characterised by health problems (he had an operation to remove a brain...
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Jan 31, 2016 · This weekend 32 years ago, The Dubliners' frontman Luke Kelly passed away at the age of just 43. Singing legend: Luke Kelly pictured on O’Connell Bridge, September 5, 1980. Photo: Donal...
