Ireland’s Own Cover 2010

You can join Richie for the craic at The Grand Hotel Tramore,Co. Waterford.  every Tuesday night through out July & August starting Tuesday July 6th 2010. 

Show starts at 9.15pm, 

‘The Richie Kavanagh Story 1990 - 2010” New DVD Release 

Richie will launch his new DVD ”The Richie Kavanagh Story 1990 - 2010” at the 2010 National Ploughing Championships which will take place on the lands of Eamon and Willie Fennin, Cardenton, Athy Co Kildare.from 21st to 23rd of September next.”Richie will be performing live each day as well”                        

The DVD which will feature a documentary about Richie and his songs, will also include 15 of Richies best songs filmed on location around the foothills of Mt Leinster. 

The CD will include ‘‘The Very Best 25 Songs’’ written and recorded by Richie from 1990-2010 Celebrating the humour heritage and nostalgia of Ireland in song.

Richies New DVD ”Spot The Ass” 2009

‘’Halloween Is Coming Soon’’ is the new CD Single taken from Richie’s  new  DVD ‘’ Spot The Ass’’ which will be released on Friday 23rd  October 2009

Richie Kavanagh

New DVD Release ” SPOT THE ASS ”

Watch Richie bring his songs to life on this very enjoyable and entertaining DVD.  All the songs, words and music are written by Richie himself and filmed on location around the beautiful foothills of Mount Leinster.

As usual Richie has a song about his native County Carlow ‘’How Elvis Became A Carlow Man’’ It was filmed in Hacketstown and around Eagle Hill  where the homestead of Elvis’s great-great-great-great-grandfather William Presley once stood.

Other songs include ‘’The Games We Used To Play’’ reminiscing about the old games we used to play. There was pitch an toss, marbles, and skittles. ‘The Shopping Trolly’  tells the story about how you try to push it straight but it never seams to go. ‘’Halloween Is Coming Soon’’ ‘’Pubs All Up For Sale’’ ‘’The Car Salesman’’ and there’s a song about the great Joe Dolan as well as many more celebrating the Humor Heritage and Nostalgia of Ireland. The new DVD will be released on Friday 23rd October 2009

You can buy Richie’s new DVD “Spot the ASS”

on the ”Online Shop” page

WERE it not for a dispute over land in 1775 in Hacketstown, Elvis Aaron Presley might have sung with a Carlow accent and Graceland might be nestling at the foot of Eagle Hill in Hacketstown. Uh-huh-huh.

Amazing new facts reveal that a William Presley was forced to flee his home at the foot of Eagle Hill close to Hacketstown Co Carlow. 

The facts, printed on faded parchment records, show that the attack took place with swords and sticks. 

Shipping records soon after this event show that William and his brother Andrew Presley left Ireland for New Orleans in America.

In 1780, William and his family were living in Carolina and a son called Dunnan was born to him. A year later, they moved to Tennessee. William died in 1802 and his son Dunnan married twice. His third son, also called Dunnan, was born in 1827.

Then in 1863, Dunnan junior’s daughter Rosella was born. Rosella never married but had several children and one of these was a son called Jessie Presley. In 1913, Jesse married Minnie Mae and they gave birth to one Vernon Elvis Presley in 1916.

For those who might not already know, Vernon married Gladys Love Smith in 1933 and their son Elvis Aaron Presley was brought into the world in January 1935.

How different would Elvis’s career have been had his great-great-great-great-grandfather William Presley not fled the country? Imagine the songs he sang and how different they would have been. There’s no hotel in Hacketstown so one of his biggest hits would have been Heartbreak B&B.