David Hennessy

Maria Neely is this year’s Glasgow Mary. Maria was inspired to be a Mary by her cousin Eva who represented the Gaeltacht in 2016 and also took the big crown. However Maria will also very much be thinking of her late granny who was such a big part of Maria’s connection to Donegal and is […]

Molly Russell will represent North East England at the forthcoming Mary from Dungloe festival. Molly works at Newcastle United Football Club and is also a qualified Mental Health First Aider, a role and cause she is deeply passionate about. Irish dancing has been a huge part of her life from a very young age. With […]

Singer- songwriter Megan Burke told David Hennessy about her new debut EP Not All Men, Apparently. Swords singer- songwriter Megan Burke released her debut EP Not All Men, Apparently last week along with the focus track Make Me. The EP documents years of Megan’s bad relationships with men. At just 20 years of age, Megan […]

Singer- songwriter and actress Juliet Howland told David Hennessy about her new album, haunted house, Irish family and inspirations and acting with big names like Benedict Cumberbatch and Ed Norton. Folk singer-songwriter Juliet Howland recently released her album Under The Apple Tree. Written beneath the apple tree in her cottage garden, the record blends Juliet’s own […]

John Merrigan and Danielle Morgan told David Hennessy about brining their Phil Lynott musical Moonlight to the UK stage. Moonlight: The Philip Lynott Enigma is coming to the UK to the Hammersmith Apollo 50 years after Thin Lizzy’s Live and Dangerous album was partly recorded there. Phil was the charismatic leader of Thin Lizzy known […]

The London Rose centre is inviting applications to be the 2026 Rose of London. 2025 London Rose Shauna Sammon, a 29- year- old teacher from Erriff in Co. Mayo, spoke to us about the mixed emotions she has about passing on the sash. A GAA player with Round Towers in London, Shauna will also be […]

Lorraine Nash spoke to David Hennessy ahead of her St Brigid’s Day show at The Irish Cultural Centre with Liam Ó Maonlaí.  Since she started releasing music in 2020, Lorraine Nash has established herself as one of Ireland’s most exciting young folk artists. From Lyrecrompane in Kerry, she is a multi-instrumentalist and blends traditional Irish roots with modern folk, […]

Award- winning documentary maker Aoife Kelleher spoke to David Hennessy ahead of returning to Irish Film Festival London with Testimony, the feature length documentary about the Justice for Magdalenes campaign. Aoife Kelleher’s documentary Mrs Robinson, about Ireland’s first female President Mary Robinson, was the opening film of last year’s Irish Film Festival London. This year […]

Dark awakening

Ashley Campbell told David Hennessy about her new album, being inspired to follow her father Glen Campbell into music and why Ireland feels like home to her. Ashley Campbell is touring the UK and Ireland with her latest album Goodnight Nashville. Goodnight Nashville somewhat takes its name from the well known singer relocating from Nashville […]