Mick Hanly for Ballinasloe show

Gibbons’ Pillar House in Ballinasloe will be the venue for a gig by folk artist Mick Hanly this Friday, August 15.

With concerts lined up on a monthly basis, The Pillar House Folk Club has had two successful shows to date which featured Sean Keane and Eleanor Shanley.

The venue is an intimate one, seating a maximum of 80 patrons.

Mick Hanly is one of Ireland’s best-known singer-songwriters. In the early 1970s he joined forces with Michael O’ Domhnaill (Bothy Band) to form Monroe and he later became a member of Moving Hearts.

After Moving Hearts broke up he concentrated on song-writing and released his first album, Still Not Cured, which produced three radio hits, Still Not Cured, The Silence and Sorry I Said What I Said.

Soon after, Mick was back touring with his new band, Rusty Old Halo. He then recorded the song Past the Point of Rescue for his All I Remember album. It had previously featured on Mary Black’s 1989 album, No Frontiers.

That song was subsequently picked up and recorded in Nashville by the American country artist Hal Ketchum in 1991. Within a few months it became one of the most played and requested songs on country music stations across the US.

Today, Mick Hanly has a new album, Warts and All. His new material, together with a comprehensive back-catalogue ensures that he continues to be recognised as one of Ireland’s finest singer-songwriters. n Tickets for his show are €20 and are available at The Pillar House or by calling 087 9046140 / 090 96 43939.