We had a saying "If you could,nt score at a Big Tom or a Larry Cunningham Dance , Then forget it!". All the dancing was that "Shoulder up Shoulder down stuff" Can you imagine Tom singing  "The HUCKLEBUCK? " Thats , righ t, you would,nt want to. or Cunningham singing " The Holy City"?
I heard him do Little Rosa wan night . Jimmy steps up to the mike " And now Larry,s going to SING a monologue , Little Rosa" Christ preserve us , and we paid 10 bob to get in to hear crap like that!!

 Hi Country-girl-mags
  Glad that you enjoy the gigs at The Lavey Inn.  Seamus keeps the scene alive in Cavan by booking all the big bands.  I remember before The Lavey Inn was built a marquee would be erected every year for six weeks on the site where The Lavey Inn now stands for The Lavey Strand Carnival.  As a child I would look forward to the marquee going up it was a great place to go instead of school I would spend all day in the tent sliding up and down the floor with my brothers and we would collect all the photos of the band that had played there the night before.
                      smith

Hi Country-Girl-Mags
     Yes I know Eddie Owens he is from Upper Lavey.  I have two of his CDs  the one he recorded withTop Gear to raise funds for The Holy Family School In Coothill and "The Best Of Eddie Owens"  Some of the photos we collected are still around some are on the website.
                      Smith

Anyone remember Adamstown?  It was the place to be on a Sunday night in the 70s.   Or anyone remember the Olympic in Dublin?