Peter Harkin Collection

Although Peter was born in Peckham, London in 1961 he is a Donegal man through and through. His parents (Donegal natives) came home every summer and the occasional Christmas and Peter spent most of his time in Glenties and Killybegs during most of the 1970's and 1980's. He followed as many Irish pop, rock and country bands of that era as possible. Most nights were spent going to dances in places like St Dominic's, Glenties, the Mary of Dunloe Festival, The Fiesta Ballroom in  Letterkenny, the Abbey Hotel in Donegal town or Fintra House in Killybegs. 

In London, he followed all the Irish bands that played The Hibernian, Fulham Broadway, The Galtymore in Cricklewood and The National in Kilburn. An avid fan, Peter built a large collection of handouts from the era. Lucky for us, he stored them away for posterity and is now willing to share them with the site and our community. Peter hopes that anyone viewing his collection will have as many happy memories and laughs as he has enjoyed whilst compiling it. By the way, a special thanks to Peter's young nephew, Thady, for the scanning master classes (Thady's favourite Irish showband record is Nobody Loves Like An Irishman by Teddie Palmer).

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