Radio Personalities from Northern Ireland: Radio Djs from Northern Ireland, Tommy Sands, Colin Murray, Lynda Bryans, Alan Green, Gerry Anderson

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 17. Chapters: Alan Green (broadcaster), Brian D'Arcy, Candy Devine, Carolyn Stewart, David Dunseith, Frank Mitchell (presenter), George Jones (radio presenter), Gerry Anderson (broadcaster), Gerry Kelly (broadcaster), Gloria Hunniford, Linda McAuley, Lynda Bryans, Marc Mallett, Mark Carruthers, Michael Henderson (broadcaster), Mike Nesbitt, Neil Curran, Paul McLoone, Ralph McLean, Stephen Nolan, Stuart Robinson, Sue Dougan, Tommy Sands (Irish folk singer), Wendy Austin, William Crawley. Excerpt: Tommy Sands (born 19 December 1945), Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, is a folk singer, song writer, radio broadcaster, and political activist. He performs with his 3 siblings as The Sands Family; solo as Tommy Sands; and with his son and daughter as Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan Sands. Tommy was the prime song-writer for the 'Sands Family', one of Ireland's most influential folk groups of the 1960s and '70s. Tommy Sands has hosted Country Ceili, a radio show on Downtown Radio in Newtownards since 1976. In May 2002 he received an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Nevada, Reno for his outstanding work as musician and ambassador for peace and understanding. His song There Were Roses has been described as ... certainly one of the best songs ever written about the Irish Problem. The song recounts how Allan Bell (name changed), a Protestant friend of Sands, was murdered in Newry by republican paramilitaries. In the aftermath loyalist paramilitaries prowled round the Ryan Road for a Catholic to kill in retaliation; ironically, the man they selected, Sean O'Malley (name changed), had been a good friend of the Protestant victim and also of Sands. Tommy Sands was born on the family farm on the 'Ryan Road' in the townland of Ryan, near Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. His parents, Mick and Bridie, both came from families of singers, musicians and storytellers and encouraged a love of Irish culture and tradition in their seven children (Mary, the eldest, then Hugh, Ben, Colum, Eugene and Anne.) . His father Mick (known to all as 'The Chief') and six uncles played the fiddle. Bridie, an accordionist, is the daughter of 'Burren poet', Owen Connolly, and her mother was related to the Bronte family. Their Ceilidh house on the Ryan Road, in the foothills of the Mourne Mountains, was a focal point for Catholic and Protestant neighbours from nearby farms to enjoy music and Craic. The Sands Family (Tommy, Eugene, Ben, Colum and Anne) started public