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Christy Moore
A household name in Ireland where his songs constitute a predominant part of the
musical diet of buskers and pub singers, Christy Moore has been more responsible
than most in raising the profile of Irish music. Merging a natural gift for
communicating with audiences with a unique mix of comic songs, powerful
traditional ballads and strident political material, his influential 50-year
career is the stuff of legend in his home country. Born on 7 May 1945 in
Newbridge, County Kildare, he arrived in England in the mid-1960s during a
strike at the bank where he worked, he immersed him...
