Of The Riordans, she said they were the happiest family and the nicest people to work with.“Taking a walk to the edge of the town” from the lyrics of the Red Right Hand title track had become reminiscent of the muddy and coal-filled streets of Birmingham throughout the five seasons of Peaky Blinders. Do you know I lost a box of fit-ups on the night the old Opera House was burned? Wasn't Mr Twomey the manager at that time.?" They always gave us a good show when I played with companies in the old Opera House. Like John, I haven't worked on the stage since the start of The Riordans, although I started on the stage when I was twelve. "We were to meet today with RTÉ to talk about The Riordans future. He then called his wife, actress Ann Dalton (Minnie) to the phone. "After being in the one show for so long and known to so many viewers as Tom Riordan, rather than John Cowley, actor, one is stereotyped and it will be very difficult to get other television work. All my time and loyalty was devoted to The Riordans. He added: "I have given the show my loyalty for 14 and a half years and never appeared on the stage during all that time. I felt that it had got going again and the recent episodes had great promise. When I assured him that the announcement was official, he replied: "I am very disappointed and I feel that all the cast will feel the same way. Indeed, the cast is due to meet RTÉ tomorrow (Wed).
REDHAND WHISKEY SERIES
Tom Riordan (actor John Cowley) told me when I rang him at his home in Dublin last night to tell him of the announcement: “It has been rumoured that the series is coming off but there is nothing official. Tom Riordan (John Cowley), Benjy Riordan (Tom Hickey), Mary Riordan (Moira Deady). And the biggest And the biggest shock of all for Tom, Minnie, Eamonn, Maggie, Murf, Julia Mac, and the other residents of Ireland's best-known village, was that: they were told about it by the newspapers.
REDHAND WHISKEY SERIAL
The station's longest-running serial is being axed after fifteen years from May next. in fact, it's being wiped off the screens by RTÉ. It was a shock that would silence even Minnie Brennan.
the other group on the bill, made their major impart with a number ‘Onlv The Lonely’ and also provided the backing for 17-years-old blonde Twinkle whose singing of her own composition ‘Terry’ was the highlight of her act. The Banshees, the only Irish act on the bill - they are from Belfast - opened the show and set the atmosphere from the start, and their beaty rendering of some of the oldies was a great success. They were without the West Indian personality this time but were tremendously impressive in a last-minute spot that wedded humour to musicianship and showmanship. Perhaps the great successes of the night were the Original Checkmates, visitors to Cork in other days with Emile Ford. The Stones’ appeal and undoubted impact last night was due as much to their reputation as anything, for only in the tremendous finale, It’s All Over, were they really impressive. Extra Gardai kept order as fans waited for the group to leave.
Teenagers stood on their seats all through their performance.Īfter the late performance, there was an early show as well. At times they were pelted with programmes and jelly beans. The Rolling Stones, the biggest pop attraction ever to appear in Cork, and second to the Beatles in the beat business, sang through it all even though they were almost impossible to hear. But when he again moved to the organ, uniformed Gardaí were called in and marched him out of the cinema. Two of them jumped over the rail and entered the stage door.Īnother, a young man, climbed on the cinema organ but moved when Savoy manager Jimmy Campbell ordered him back. The group, long-haired and untidy, and the bane of mums and dads of Britain because of this, took the theatre by storm from the moment they stepped on to the stage at 10.35pm.īut after four numbers, girls dashed from their seats and swarmed to the organ pit screaming and waving. It was their first visit to Cork, last stop on a whirlwind Irish tour. The Stone’s 20-minute, eightsong, top-of-the-bill spot was drowned by the screaming teenagers. Police were called to Cork’s Savoy Cinema last night when frenzied teenagers dashed from their seats and tried to climb on to the stage during a concert by the British beat group, The Rolling Stones.
REDHAND WHISKEY TV
Our other piece concerns the announcement of the cancellation of hugely popular TV series The Riordans.
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