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We re the oldest boy band in Ireland
Chris Dunne interviews the authors of a new book on the bands of Bandon.
Michael McCarthy and Jerry Larkin, who wrote 100 years of Bandon Bands
Chris Dunne
THE town of Bandon has a long tradition of music and many people all over Cork will recall those halcyon days dancing at the crossroads, dancing in the ballrooms of romance, and rocking n’rolling in dance-halls and marquees all over the country.
“As a musician or a band, you know you’re doing something right when you get booked to play at a wedding in two years’ time!” says Michael McCarthy, of The Old Town Hall Band.