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"I am setting out to help fix an industry of fantastic creators. By funding Ceol Éireann we aim to create the many resources needed to ignite Irish music"
Dave Browne - The Black Donnelley's | Ambassador | Songwriter & Dreamer
In the early 90s Dave formed Little Sister Sage, a raggle taggle trad rock pop Irish band leaning towards fiddle, electric guitar and harmonicas. The outfit went on to win the HotPress Bacardi unplugged band of the year and also won Celtic band of the year in France.
In 2011 he went on to break the first world record for marathon guitar playing along with the help of many Dublin musicians. They played for 114 hours straight in Dublin’s Temple Bar and still hold that record today.
Moving to Las Vegas with singer/ songwriter Dave Rooney, they formed The Black Donnellys, who became the house band in RiRa Mandalay Bay Hotel. He then had the crazy idea of playing 60 gigs in 50 states in 40 days to beat the previous world record by George Thorogood 50/50/50. Along with Dave Rooney, The Black Donnellys started out on this monster adventure.
To document all this The BDs hooked up with Frequency Pictures and “An Irish story: This is my home” became a reality. The documentary received standing ovations at every film festival and won the People’s Choice Award at the Beloit International Film Festival.
"I am both honoured and humbled to be taking up the role of 'Ambassador to The United States of America' for Ceol Éireann, and am very excited to be part of the Voice of Change. I very much look forward to the challenge, and to evoking some very much needed reinforcement for Irish artists everywhere"
David Rooney - The Black Donnelley's | American Ambassador | Singer, Songwriter & Filmmaker
Dave is an Emmy Award winning singer/ songwriter and filmmaker from Dublin. He makes up one half of and is the lead singer of the Guinness World Record breaking band.
Dave, along with his band work, has released three solo albums to date, co-produced and celebrated musical play, Cobblestone Sam (2012).
He has co-starred in and co-produced the multi-award-winning documentary “An Irish story: This is my home”
This trail -blazing Irish band currently reside in Las Vegas, Nevada and hold down a nine-year residency at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
