At the Franco-Irish ball to beat the band at the Centquatre in Paris in 2020, Tomás Ó Cillín’s strong, clear voice singing ‘Spancil Hill’ brought tears to more than one eye. Tomás was one of the ...

The subject matter of "Spancil Hill" is a familiar one in the Irish ballad tradition: emigration. It tells of the longing an immigrant has for his home in Spancil Hill in the county of Clare. The name ...

BEOCHEIST: "Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by, Me mind being bent on rambling to Irelands Isle did fly, I stepped on board a vision and I followed with a will, And shortly I came ...

That is according to the mayor of Clare, Cllr Christy Curtin, who led the tributes to the famous balladeer at a civic reception in Ennis. At the reception in the council’s chamber, the audience jumped ...

As far as song covers go, this is a bold one. Known far beyond the mid-Clare village that it’s named after, Spancil Hill is an unlikely choice of cover for a London-based indie band known to throw the ...