Tom Dunphy Remembered July 29th

In this video, we remember Tom Dunphy from Waterford of The Royal Showband and Big 8, who was killed in a car crash on July 29th, 1975 near Drumsna Co Leitrim.

I presented two showband documentaries in December 2020, and part of this new recording is from the second of those shows and includes new footage from Fr Brian D'Arcy, Michael Commins, and the late Brendan Bowyer who all attended a special anniversary for Tom in Annaduff and Drumshanbo in 2015.

I also want to remember Des Shanley (R.I.P) who attended to the upkeep of the Monument which was erected in memory of Tom, close to where the accident happened, Des sadly passed away earlier in 2021, a man who did everything to keep the memory of Tom Dunphy alive, my condolences to his family and friends.

Des and I had spoken about working on this video before his death to mark Tom's anniversary and it was Des who was able to provide me with some of the footage used to make this video.

I claim no ownership over the music used and the footage used was with permission from its owner.
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