'That was in 1978 and to think how famous they are now!'

'That was in 1978 and to think how famous they are now!'

Ita McClelland describes attending a Chieftain's gig in 1978.

Ita McClelland

Trinity College Dublin

1978

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Ita McClelland

Reflections

Life Story

Co. Armagh

1970's

I've always liked traditional Irish music and during my nurse training days some of my friends and myself went to Fleadhs on our holidays in Clare and Donegal. There was one evening my friend Patricia Murray had heard that the Chieftains were playing in a hall in Co. Tyrone so she and I set out in her VW beetle from the Nurses Homes in Craigavon to find this hall in Ardboe, I think it was. When we got there we thought we were in the wrong place, as there were only two or three cars outside, but it was the right place, there just wasn't anyone there, about a dozen in total. We couldn't believe it. That was in 1978 and to think how famous they are now! I really regret not getting their autographs.

Irish Research Council for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

Dr Kathleen McTiernan (Trinity College Dublin)

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell (Trinity College Dublin)