Don's song performed at hurling final
Irish World award winner Don Mescall & Shay Healy's powerhouse of a song, Fields of Glory, was chosen to be performed at the All-Ireland hurling final last Sunday at Croke Park, Dublin, after stirring up passions amongst sports fans throughout Ireland and the U.S. By staff reporter - 17/09/08
As the first single released by the new, all-male Irish ballad group, The High Kings, the song came to public attention in their major new stage show that has attracted sell-out crowds across Ireland, been broadcast to over 70 million as a PBS special, and is currently touring the US.
But last week, it was an 82,000 capacity crowd at Croke Park for the Kilkenny v Waterford final that it knocked the socks off. Songwriter Mescall, whose numbers have been hits for artists like The Backstreet Boys, Rascal Flatts, Clay Aiken and Ronan Keating, revealed the song isn’t all about sport, though.
“It's more about passion and how that grows when whole communities rally around supporting their local teams. I grew up in the little hurling parish of Ahane/Lisnagry, Co. Limerick, where Mick Mackey came from. A small parish with a huge heart and, like it still is now, the spirit of the game was everywhere!
“Even closer to home, my dad was a selector for the local hurling team and very involved in the sport. He sadly died at a hurling match when I was just young so my memories of him are very much wrapped up in the sport too. It is very special and personal to be involved in a project that is so close to my heart in that way."
Aw, don’t you love him? We know we do…
Visit www.myspace.com/donmescall or www.donmescall.com for more.
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