Maeve Mulvany - name ring a bell?

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: mcdougall
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 11:17 PM

We were great fans of Butch and Maeve. We used to attend whenever they were playing at Bulldogs in Dorchester, Ma. We also saw them a few times at the Irish Pub in Falmouth, Cape Cod, Ma.
I used to have some of their records, or tapes, but have no idea what happened to them. Does anyone know if you can still purchase them and if so where? Preferably cd's.

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,Maurice
Date: 03 Jul 08 - 07:17 AM

Maeve had a part in a short film called "O'Donoghues Opera", which is well worth seeing as a souvenir of 1960's "ballad scene". Here's the link, as best I can make it, otherwise search Youtube (or Google)

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Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jul 08 - 06:18 PM

Hi Tony,
I have just been reading this thread re Maeve. I am Vera Rickard who worked in First Aid S. I'm shocked to hear that Maeve died and in that way. I was a member of the Emerald Girls Pipe Band and I believe she joined it at one time, before my time. My sisters knew her. I remember her from a ballad programme on RTE when she sang a song called 'Arbour Hill'. I wrote to ask for the words but she wrote back - I still have the letter - to say that the words were copyright but 'it's on my new record'.
I know that your home in Brunswick Street was a hive of music when Maeve lived there.
Belated condolences to you and your family.

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,rob
Date: 11 Mar 08 - 12:49 PM

I well remember Maeve and Butch performing at a pub in N.Conway NH.the summer of 1972. I was so taken with their music I called my brother and had him and my sister-in-law come up from Boston. To Tony, my condolences and my prayers. We who had the privilege to meet them and enjoy their music will feel a freat loss.

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,Monica McGann
Date: 28 Nov 07 - 09:21 PM

Hi Tony:

I hope this gets to you Tony. My sister and I would like to get in touch with you. I am Monica McGann (Rafferty) and my sister is Joan King (Rafferty). I came to New York around the same time as Maeve and Butch. My husband and I would meet up with them when they played in New York. Your father was a cousin of my father. I live on Long Island and my sister still lives in Ratoath. My e-mail address is [e-mail]. We would like to hear from you.

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,Tony Mulvany
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 01:13 PM

Hi
Weerover is right DannyC, Maeve sang The Lonely Banna Strand but she also sang Roger Casement, this is my favourite. We all attended a rememberance function for Maeve and Butch in Mass. some months back
Tony

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: Scrump
Date: 03 Aug 06 - 10:20 AM

Sorry to hear of Maeve's death. The only record of hers I ever heard was Sgt Bailey - she had a lovely voice from what I can recall.

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,weerover
Date: 03 Aug 06 - 10:01 AM

DannyC, there is a song entitled "Roger Casement", quite distinct from the Banna Strand one. Can post the lyrics if anyone is interested.

wr

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: DannyC
Date: 02 Aug 06 - 06:25 PM

Sorry to receive this sad update.

One note: The song mentioned in the original inquiry (above) is likely "The Lonely Banna Strand".

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,Maurice
Date: 02 Aug 06 - 03:15 PM

Very sorry to hear that, I knew Butch had died. She was quite a big name during the "ballad boom" of the '60's. Strong and confident performer. If I remenber rightly she had the first "Yamaha" guitar ever seen in this country at the time, up to then we thought they only made bikes. She and Butch, both together and separatly, gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people...it's not a bad legacy.

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Aug 06 - 01:20 PM

Hi there
Maeve Mulvany Moore was my sister, she was known as irelands "Queen of Ballads" and performed here in Ireland until 1969 when she emigrated to the USA with Irish pop chart topper Butch Moore who was Irelands first entry in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Walking the Streets in the Rain", performed in Naples, Italy coming 6th in 1965.
Millionaire Bill Fuller asked them to perform in the US in '69. The sang for Ted Kennedy for years at his election rallies, Nixon at the White House. Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Mechanics Hall,Worcester,in Springfield Mass. and many other concert halls from Maine to Texas,where Maeve sang with Johnny Cash she also became a very good friend of crooner,Perry Como and former actress Arliene Dahl. She died after falling down srairs during icey conditions in Sutton Mass.
Tony Mulvany

Subject: RE: Maeve Mulvany?
From: guest
Date: 29 Jul 01 - 03:45 PM

A quick Google search finds this:

Maeve Mulvany Popular and well-regarded folk singer in Dublin sessions and on radio and TV in the 1960s. Emigrated to USA around 1970. There she married singer Butch Moore (1938-2001), who had been lead singer with the Capitol Showband. They performed in America as a duet, often at Irish-American festivals. They worked in the pub business and owned The Parting Glass nightclub in Millbury, Mass. for a time.

Subject: Maeve Mulvany?
From: GUEST,maire
Date: 29 Jul 01 - 03:43 PM

Does this name ring a bell with anyone? I came upon an LP by this woman, entitled Irish Rebel Ballads, and I was wondering who she is. There is no date on the record, but from the looks of the clothes in the photograph, I'd guess the late '60s. Did she make any other records? What became of her? One song on the album I particularly liked was called 'Roger Casement' and I'd never heard this ballad before. Does anyone know who wrote it?