""Our guitarist Fitz is from Killeagh (in Co Cork) and played for the club for years and years," he said. "He ran into a lad when he was down home, Yank, and your man was badgering him, saying, 'We've no song for the club and the junior team are doing well'. "(Eoin) said if the lads make it to the final we'll write a song."
""The boys made it to the final and we were in the studio anyway so Fitz was getting calls from Yank left right and centre, and he was basically saying, 'This lad won't leave me alone, we'll have to do something for them'. "We had half an hour spare so we put something together. 'What are the things in Killeagh"
Kingfishr, a Limerick trio of Eddie Keogh, Eoin "Fitz" Fitzgibbon and Eoghan "McGoo" McGrath, occupy the Christmas number one slots in both singles and albums charts. Their song "Killeagh" returned to the top after first reaching number one in May and is an ode to Fitzgibbon's home village and GAA club. The album Halcyon will be the Christmas number one album. The Irish Recorded Music Association confirmed the chart positions, marking the first time the two top album spots will be taken by Irish acts. The band plan major gigs in Belfast, Cork and Dublin next year.
Read at Irish Independent
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