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luke

 

overview

This film tells the story of Luke Kelly from his birth in inner city Dublin to his tragic-early death forty four years later.

Together with contributions from Ronnie Drew, Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Phil Coulter, John Hume, Bill Whelan, Shane Mc Gowan, Gerry Adams, Eamon Dunphy, and Lukes' own family; the film contains an extraordinary version of 'Raglan Road' together with rare footage of the songs' composer Patrick Kavanagh. Other songs include the 'Town I loved so well', 'Joe Hill', 'The Auld Triangle', 'The Night Visiting Song', 'The Sun is Burning' and extraordinary renditions of the Ray Davis classic 'Days'

Producer: Noel Pearson
Director: Sinead O'Brien

 

press

"This film is a long overdue portrayl of a much loved and still sadly missed figure on the dublin scene... the archive footage is particulary fascinating"
HOT PRESS

"In this definitive films, the music is what eventually remains. And I am now almost completley convinced, in the absence of any new evidence to the contrary, that Luke Kelly was actually the greatest singer of all time. Not the greatest folk singer, bit the greatest singer, ever, of anything, in the history of the world"
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

 

the luke kelly memorial cd

A Luke Kelly Memorial CD was produced to accompany the documentary.

No longer available.