Barnbrack

Barnbrack is a Northern Irish male vocal/instrumental folk/pop group, with band members Alex Quinn, Jimmy McPeake and Eoien McMahon. The word 'barnbrack' is a play on the Anglicised Irish word "Barmbrack", a type of bread that contains fruit.[1] Barnbrack separated in 2003, after the premature death of Quinn’s wife, Deirdre, aged 55.[2]

Barnbrack
OriginUnited Kingdom
GenresPop, folk
Years active1980s–2003
LabelsHomespun

While Barnbrack have had many popular songs, such as "The Fly" and the "Unicorn Song", the band's only noted chart success was with a single called "Belfast", written by Lisburn-born man and band member Alex Quinn. The song described the feelings felt by an expatriate, who is planning to return to Ulster and the city he left behind.[3] The song was released on the Homespun label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1985, and reached #45; it was in the chart for several weeks.[4]

In 2009, the Belfast Telegraph reported that, after six years apart, the former members of the band were planning a reunion. The band is now back together and is currently touring Northern Ireland.[5]

References
  1. Terence Patrick Dolan (2004), A dictionary of Hiberno-English: the Irish use of English (2 ed.), Gill & Macmillan Ltd, ISBN 978-0-7171-3535-6, retrieved 3 August 2009
  2. Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Lyrics: Belfast". Soundclick.com. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan; Gambaccini, Paul (1990), Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-398-8
  5. McIlwaine, Eddie (21 July 2009). "Barnbrack set for big time again with comeback". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


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