Johnny Duhan

Johnny Duhan
Johnny Duhan
	Duhan in 2006
Background information
Born	30 March 1950
Origin	Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	12 November 2024 (aged 74); County Galway, Ireland
Genres	Folk
Occupations	Musician; songwriter;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar;
Years active	1966–2024
Formerly of	Granny's Intentions
Website	johnnyduhan.com

Johnny Duhan (30 March 1950 – 12 November 2024) was an Irish singer-songwriter. He started his career as the 15-year-old frontman of the Irish beat group Granny's Intentions. After success in Limerick and Dublin, the band moved to London and was signed to the Deram Records record label. The band released several singles and one album, Honest Injun.^[1] However, the band disbanded before Duhan was twenty-one. Duhan left the music industry to start writing folk songs, poetry, and prose.

Just Another Town, To the Light, Flame, and The Voyage are some of his work. These align with the first four sections of his poetic autobiography, To The Light. His songs have been performed by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black, and other Irish and international singers. Christy Moore stated that his song "The Voyage" has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide.^[2]

On 12 November 2024, Duhan drowned off the coast of County Galway. He was 74.^[3]

Discography

Flame (1996)
Tree (2002)
The Voyage (2005)
Just Another Town (2007)
To the Light (2008)
The Burning Word (2010)
Winter (2012)
Highlights (2014)
Creation (2015)

Books

There Is a Time (Brandon Books, 2001) ISBN 978-0-86322-283-2
The Voyage – Johnny Duhan Songbook (Waltons Publishers, 2003) ISBN 1-85720-151-5
To the Light (Bell Productions, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9555106-1-8

References

^ "Granny's Intentions – Honest Injun (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "IMRO » Johnny Duhan". Imro.ie. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
^ "Man who drowned off Galway coast named as singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

External links

[1] "Granny's Intentions – Honest Injun (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[2] "IMRO » Johnny Duhan". Imro.ie. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[3] "Man who drowned off Galway coast named as singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

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