{"id":666035,"date":"2026-10-26T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/666035\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:02:08","slug":"andy-irvine-pays-tribute-to-donal-lunny-the-first-18-months-of-planxty-were-the-most-joyous-of-my-life-up-to-then-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/666035\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Irvine pays tribute to D\u00f3nal Lunny: \u2018The first 18 months of Planxty were the most joyous of my life up to then\u2019 &#8211; The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxQWXFxbXl1c013eG5lbEhNZk8xM2RUMGs1YlVfMzRGYVVOMGUzODJGS1p6R1lfM3g2bjE4OFJOQzkyYVJrNHFEa3ZXa1dhbFgwbWFiMjRGZ19QNTlPa01KMHlueGU4c2J3Z29iNjZSeVg3T3ktOV9iUUFnVUhqalBPaElvcnNVQWhJZ3VFWGtxX3RKWW15cG45YVhkNmdEYzhrUEduMWp3QVhQRWNzSl95UHViM3IzbDltUnptTzhfUWNSMWhBMXpCSGZWYWJ4cTZ3elZjYXdVelhCbG5OMVpnVEo5UkVDV2UyS2dYNm9XdDdfY3RMcW14ZnFB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Irvine pays tribute to D\u00f3nal Lunny: \u2018The first 18 months of Planxty were the most joyous of my life up to then\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOd0ZSVGdIT3N4SVlKUEFfN2FLaV9obUhaYTJLOUJ2Z2FFeVZ5OG8xZ1lkMjRqVXlVendzMmthVU5qRG9yNE9NZldnSlA5ekhoNVhxRlc4ZHowb1p6a2JMeVBXYllPYWcySjRFSmg4Q3lKNURyc1JjX3ZIeFpQTVh5MXFXWUdCM2dZMFUzc2xvNHZjMGtjc0lna3lFb2M4WEN0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">D\u00f3nal Lunny, the musician who played a vital role in Irish music<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNWVg0c2RKc29DQXhnZ0FaNHFsdHdndlJVOE9mUjFyTG9ZOGhEVW5hTWIwRkJ6WXZILTV5S2F4dlRzaUpTTXpNdE1OMm5wX2dXV2V1Zk1VMVpNY3lvMEJreVYyTTQxREtFcXdyQjkyQ2c0UzhsSl81MF9qdVM4WmFUOXp1ODRTTkJyT2txMjZONlVibXdzakE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">D\u00f3nal Lunny, \u2018colossus of Irish music\u2019, dies aged 79<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNejBCMlZyUU56RXljODlLdmxmdUEwcFMxWE1ibWswWDJRbGpfbjEtRGEyUTI2dTZJaHZNa0Y3UkhHVl9JN0xqZGZxUXdKSi1ndEFqdFZ0eU53R0JlMjh5MFFkREZrOGQxOWxOTkJna3c5Si1qOEdBWGxhdUpxVmcwLV9HSGZjT2dsZzZBTjBSTTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes paid to pioneering Irish trad musician D\u00f3nal Lunny following his death aged 79<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE5ZbnMyOV9tZ2o1N3diQmtTbmZNWFRGWU5vNFpYV3ZTY3hZcUFEdGNVa1VPTUN3bDg0WFFQXy1KSVNCcE83MVBEaFF6SlNYNW5FR1Y4TDE2bEk5SDlmRlRBaG9ycWFoWXFXMnpORU9pZG9pSmJzeUJhTVIyNDdqbW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sharon Shannon remembers Donal Lunny as a musician with a &#8220;magic touch&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Irvine pays tribute to D\u00f3nal Lunny: \u2018The first 18 months of Planxty were the most joyous of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-666035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}