Tom Gleeson from Tipperary performs 'The Cailín Ruadh'.
From Ballinaclough, Silvermines, near Nenagh in County Tipperary, Tom Gleeson is an All Ireland champion ballad singer. Ciarán Mac Mathúna reminisces about how long they have both known each other,
We met in Newport County Tipperary, more years ago than I care to remember.
Singing unaccompanied in English, Tom Gleeson performs 'The Cailín Ruadh', a song from Limerick about the Wild Geese.
This episode of 'The Humours of Donnybrook' was broadcast on 22 July 1980.
'The Humours of Donnybrook' was a traditional music, song and chat show presented by Ciarán Mac Mathúna and produced by Peter Canning. It also included some literary items and Irish dance. While the first series featured musicians who were well-known at the time, the aim of the second, initially called 'More Humours of Donnybrook', was to showcase those who were less familiar to television audiences. The title reverted to 'The Humours of Donnybrook' halfway through the second series and for the third and final series. The first episode was broadcast on 20 December 1978 and the last on 23 December 1981.
