Show Notes
Fergal's story begins with the strange tale of his Uncle Ned, a saxophonist who plied his trade from ballroom to ballroom throughout rural Ireland. The beloved uncle also looked after the four parentless children until things took a turn for the worst in the late 50s, when Uncle Ned began to play with a mysterious band in an even more mysterious rural dancehall. Support the show
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