Ryan's Fancy

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Go To Sea No More 04:49 Tools
Candlelight And Wine 03:54 Tools
Come Along 02:02 Tools
The Wild Goose 02:42 Tools
Rocky Road To Dublin 02:17 Tools
West Country Lady 02:53 Tools
Streets Of London 03:27 Tools
Finnigans Wake 02:46 Tools
The Cliffs of Baccalieu 02:34 Tools
Farewell To Tarwathie 03:57 Tools
The Ryans And the Pittmans 03:17 Tools
Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen 02:41 Tools
South Australia 02:37 Tools
The Squid Jiggin' Ground 02:37 Tools
The Green Shores of Fogo 02:22 Tools
Come To the Bower 02:24 Tools
The Jam On Jerry's Rock 03:35 Tools
We Are An Island (1) 04:26 Tools
Nancy Whiskey 03:12 Tools
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya 03:32 Tools
Fare Thee Well Inniskilling 02:46 Tools
Farewell to Nova Scotia 03:01 Tools
The Boys of the Island 02:07 Tools
As Johnny Went Ploughin' 02:45 Tools
A Great Big Sea/The Copper Plate Reel 02:38 Tools
The Hills of Glenswilly 03:21 Tools
Fear a'Bheata 05:01 Tools
Go To The Sea No More 04:48 Tools
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya 04:48 Tools
Drunken Sailor 01:48 Tools
Newport Town 05:30 Tools
I'm a Rover 03:43 Tools
Gallant Forty Twa 02:12 Tools
Seven Old Ladies 05:30 Tools
Coal Town Road 02:12 Tools
Dark Island 02:12 Tools
Far Away In Australia 02:31 Tools
The Night Paddy Murphy Died 02:31 Tools
Cape Breton Lullabye 02:31 Tools
Tie Me Down 03:32 Tools
Goodbye Mick 04:13 Tools
The West's Awake 04:13 Tools
Sweet Forget Me Not 02:45 Tools
Carrickfergus 04:13 Tools
Home Boys Home 04:13 Tools
Ise the B'y 04:13 Tools
Fare Thee Well Enniskillen 02:45 Tools
As Johny Went Ploughing 02:45 Tools
Banks Of Sicily 02:45 Tools
Everytime 03:30 Tools
Star of Logy Bay 02:45 Tools
Galway City 03:03 Tools
The Streets Of London 03:30 Tools
Feller From Fortune 03:30 Tools
I Followed Her into the West 03:22 Tools
Mist Upon a Morning 03:22 Tools
Will you go lassie go 02:45 Tools
The Star of Logy Bay 03:22 Tools
Sonny's Dream 03:22 Tools
Willie Mcbride 03:22 Tools
the Butcher Boy 03:30 Tools
Let Me Fish Off Cape St Marys 03:22 Tools
The Hills Of Glennswilly 03:22 Tools
Fear a'Bheatta 03:22 Tools
Life of the Country Boy 03:30 Tools
The Parting Glass 03:30 Tools
Mist Covered Mountains of Home 03:30 Tools
Reels 04:05 Tools
The Rocky Road To Dublin 03:30 Tools
The Peat Bog Soldier 03:25 Tools
Polkas 03:25 Tools
Leaving London 03:30 Tools
Cape Breton Lullaby 03:25 Tools
The Rocks Of Bawn 03:30 Tools
Dublin Town 04:05 Tools
The Dark Island 03:25 Tools
The Island 03:02 Tools
Twenty One Years 03:02 Tools
The Cross of Spancil Hill 05:40 Tools
Finnigan's Wake 05:40 Tools
Fare Thee Well Eniskillen 03:02 Tools
Farewell To Carlingford 03:25 Tools
Bold O'Donoghue 03:25 Tools
Biddy Mulligan 03:25 Tools
Come by the Hills 03:25 Tools
Kerry Slides 03:02 Tools
A Children's Winter 02:56 Tools
The Bluenose 03:02 Tools
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye 03:02 Tools
Fella From Fortune 05:40 Tools
Green Shores Of Fogo 05:40 Tools
Sea People 03:02 Tools
Cape Breton Dream 03:02 Tools
Rocks Of Merasheen 03:25 Tools
Jackie Tar 02:14 Tools
The Rose Of Mooncoin 03:02 Tools
The Greenland Whale Fisheries 03:47 Tools
Miss McLeod's Reel 03:47 Tools
The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen 02:52 Tools
The Curragh Of Kildare 03:02 Tools
Now I'm 64 03:02 Tools
Butcher Boy 03:02 Tools
(ryan's Fancy)-fare Thee Well 02:52 Tools
A Sailor Courted 02:52 Tools
irish love songs10 02:52 Tools
Peter Ambelay 02:14 Tools
As I Rode Out 02:14 Tools
Finnegan's Wake 03:47 Tools
Peter Amberly 03:47 Tools
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 02:14 Tools
Boston Burgler 02:14 Tools
Connemara by the Lake 02:14 Tools
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye 02:14 Tools
The Tiree Love Song 03:47 Tools
A Lesson Too Late for the Learning 03:47 Tools
The Island Song 03:47 Tools
Great Big SeaThe 03:47 Tools
Goodbye Mursheen Durkin 03:47 Tools
We Are An Island 03:47 Tools
Looking Back 03:47 Tools
The Manchester Rambler 03:47 Tools
The Wreck Of The Anna Maria 03:47 Tools
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Ryan's Fancy was a musical group of the '60s, '70s and '80s. The three members were all Irishmen who had emigrated to Canada. Denis Ryan, Fergus O'Byrne, and Dermot O'Reilly, were originally members of the Sons of Erin. The original Sons of Erin line-up featured Dermot and Fergus along with Gary Kavanagh and band leader Ralph O'Brien. When the band broke up Dermot, Fergus and Gary continued on for one tour as O'Reilly's Men and upon returning to Toronto met up with Don Sullivan to form the original Sullivan' Gypsies. Ralph O'Brien reformed The Sons Of Erin with new members Johnnie Lynn, John Cameron and Denis Ryan and recorded a self-titled LP. Shortly afterward Denis left to join Sullivan's Gypsies. Ryan's Fancy came to be when Sullivan's Gypsies parted ways. The trio relocated to St. John's, Newfoundland in 1971 to attend Memorial University of Newfoundland. Making a splash in the local music scene, the group landed the first of several television series. Produced by Jack Kellum on CBC, the show involved the trio travelling and playing across Atlantic Canada. Ryan's Fancy had their own syndicated series called Ryan's Fancy (January 1972 to April 1972) and the pub-styled Tommy Makem and Ryan's Fancy (July to September 1974). Plus, in 1980, they starred and performed in the CBC-TV movie Pirate's Gold. The group disbanded in 1983. Denis Ryan moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia and became an investment banker and businessman while Fergus O'Byrne and Dermot O'Reilly remained in St. John's. Fergus completed a degree in education and began a successful career as a teacher and lecturer while Dermot opened a music recording studio. Dermot passed away in early 2007, leaving a legacy of great songwriting including mainstays in the local folk scene such as "Candlelight and Wine", "West Country Lady" and "A Children's Winter". Fergus still can be seen performing weekly on George Street at O'Reilly's Pub in St. John's, as well as partaking in various other folk projects in Newfoundland and across the country. Fergus also continues to tour both nationally and internationally with Jim Payne and A Crowd Of Bold Sharemen. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.