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Thread #34384   Message #2259545
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Foster in Manchester.
11-Feb-08 - 12:49 PM
Thread Name: Help: Bridie Gallagher: biography?
Subject: RE: Help: Bridie Gallagher: biography?
Hi there,

Bridie is still living in Belfast but her last recordings were in the 1990s on the Outlet/Chyme lable in Belfast. She has now retired from showbusiness. Her biggest hit was "Boys from Co Armagh" but she also has many other fine songs and albums to her credit, the best to me are from the 1950s and 1960s although she did record right up to the 90s. The track "Cutting the corn in the Creeslough" was recorded in 1959 for the album "Mooonlight in Mayo" and was indeed written by Percy French.