Mayo musicians to feature in popular television series
OPRY le DANIEL AR THURAS, TG4 television’s highest rating country music series of concerts, returns with a brand-new series on Tuesday 28th October at 9.30pm.
OPRY le DANIEL AR THURAS, TG4 television’s highest rating country music series of concerts, returns with a brand-new series on Tuesday 28th October at 9.30pm.
The hugely popular series from Big Mountain Productions for TG4, will offer six music filled shows, and a further two compilation programmes running across eight weeks. It was recorded earlier this year before a live audience over three nights in Derry's Millennium Forum, featuring legendary host presenter Daniel O'Donnell and a variety of special guests.
The new series kicks off with Classic Country, featuring Lisa McHugh (Glasgow), John McNicholl (Derry), and . It continues with Country 'n Irish (to be broadcast on November 4th), with Dominic Kirwan from Omagh in County Tyrone, TR Dallas (Co. Westmeath), and Claudia Buckley (Co. Galway). The Country Folk programme (November 11th) features Tully from Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, Ceol (Dublin), and The Henry Girls (Malin, Co. Donegal).
The fourth show, New Country (November 18th), sees Jack Keogh (Co. Wicklow), Patricia Maguire (Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone), and Jamie Donnelly from Strabane, Co. Tyrone, all join with Daniel on stage. The Songs Of John Denver (November 25th) provide the rich musical content for the fifth programme in the series, with performances from , Gina (Co. Cork), and John Hogan (Co. Westmeath). The sixth show in the new series Celtic Country (December 2) welcomes Dan McCabe (Co. Kildare), and The High Kings (Dublin) to the stage in Derry.
The series rounds off with two special programmes (December 9th and 16th) featuring a pick of highlights of some of the performances from across the six weeks of shows.
