Irish musicians pay heartbreaking tributes to Bagatelle star Liam Reilly
The Summer In Dublin singer passed away on New Year’s Day
Liam Reilly (Image: PA)
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Musicians from across Ireland have paid tribute to Bagatelle frontman Liam Reilly, who has died suddenly aged 65.
Liam Reilly’s priceless, eternal gift to the nation of his birth.
His master creation is the most beautiful, touching poem, lyrical and haunting, a skeleton key that unlocks any door behind which lurks a wounded human heart.
A gorgeous, profound snapshot of the city in which we came of age. Despite the name of the band with whom Reilly made the days better, this was no mere bagatelle.
We sang it in the summer of our happiness and in the winter of our broken relationships.
We hummed along in dank college bedsits, applied it as balm for lost adolescent love, treasured it as the calling card of our perfectly imperfect hometown.
Tributes paid to Bagatelle singer Liam Reilly who passed away yesterday at 65
Updated: 2 Jan 2021, 11:03
BAGATELLE singer Liam Reilly - who penned classic song Summer In Dublin - has passed away.
News of the 65-year-old’s death broke yesterday, with musicians from across Ireland paying tribute to the Dundalk native.
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Bagatelle at the height of their success in the 1980s
In a statement on Facebook, Bagatelle said: “With sad hearts, the family of Liam Reilly, musician, songwriter and frontman of Bagatelle, wish to confirm that he passed away suddenly but peacefully at his home on January 1st.
Reilly formed Bagatelle in 1978 with drummer Wally McConville, bass player Ken Doyle and guitarist John O’Brien.