Larry Kirwan

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Larry Kirwan
Larry Kirwan In 2006.jpg
Background information
Born1954 (age 70–71) [1]
Wexford, Ireland
Instrument Vocals

Larry Kirwan (born 1948 in Wexford) is an Irish-American writer and musician, most noted as the lead singer for the rock band Black 47 and conceiver/co-writer of Paradise Square, the Broadway Musical for which he received a Tony Award nomination. [2]

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Biography

Prior to Black 47, Kirwan and fellow Wexfordian Pierce Turner were the house band in Malachy McCourt's Bells of Hell in Greenwich Village. Their music was a blend of folk, trad, progressive rock, Celtic rock and punk. Turner & Kirwan of Wexford was one of the few groups banned from CBGB’s. In the words of Hilly Kristal they were "too demonic". They then led the new wave band Major Thinkers for some years. Their song Avenue B (is the place to be) became a radio hit whereupon they were signed to Epic-Portrait Records. They recorded an album: Terrible Beauty, that was never released and after a performance in Irving Plaza on St. Patrick's Day 1985 they disbanded.[ citation needed ]

In 2013, he co-produced a various artists compilation for Valley Entertainment titled Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion . [3]

He is an occasional footballer, and generally as a striker with his left foot.

Criticism

His band has been described as 'the musical wing of the IRA’, [4] [5] which was a paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland and was designated a terrorist organisation in the United Kingdom and an illegal organisation in the Republic of Ireland. The IRA have been held responsible for the killing of 1,705 people during The Troubles. [6]

Kirwan at Barnes & Noble Tribeca's yearly Tribute to James Joyce LarryKirwanimage.JPG
Kirwan at Barnes & Noble Tribeca's yearly Tribute to James Joyce

References

  1. ↑ "Larry Kirwan." Archived 31 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Biographical note for Irish American Oral History interview held at NYU's Ireland House.
  2. ↑ "The noughties, a decade of great Irish American music | IrishCentral". 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Larry Kirwan's Celtic Invasion". Valley Entertainment. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Accidental concert shooting and car crashes - Life on the road continues for Black 47". IrishCentral.com. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Quilligan, Michael (2013). Understanding Shadows: The Corrupt Use of Intelligence. Clarity Press. ISBN 978-0985335397.
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