IN THE mid-1960s, somewhere in the working class area of the Liberties in Dublin, a six-year old boy heard The Dubliners for the first time.

Flash-forward nearly three score years and that young boy, Ged Graham, is now in his own mid-60s and singing the songs of The Dubliners all over the world.

This year, Ged is touring Britain and Ireland with Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of The Dubliners, a show celebrating the music of the iconic Irish folk band that has been entertaining audiences across the globe since 2017.

But when did Ged first hear the gravelly voice of Ronnie Drew, the passion of Luke Kelly and the musicianship of Barney McKenna, John Sheahan and Ciarán Bourke?


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“Oh, I think it would have been late 60s, about 1966 or 1967, just before Seven Drunken Nights came out,” recalls Ged, who has Seven Drunken Nights shows coming up in Derry and Belfast.

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