Brian Gaffney

Brian Gaffney singer/songwriter was born in Tralee, County Kerry. Youngest of 4 kids, Brian didn’t take long to pick up a love of music from his older brothers. By age 13, Brian was playing in pubs around Kerry with accordion player Kevin Cronin. They formed a band in Christian Brothers School and won the all Ireland “Slogadh” in 1974. Brian played all kinds of music, to include traditional Irish music and rock ‘n roll and found his nitch as a solo performer. During the late 70’s, Brian was the resident Saturday night opener at Horan’s Hotel in Tralee where he stayed for 5 years. Playing at Horan’s gave Brian an opportunity to play with renowned Irish groups such as The Furey’s, Moving Hearts and the Dubliners, just to name a few. Brian continued to play all over Ireland until 1985 when he immigrated to America. Brian’s first port of call was Boston, Mass. where he was immediately snatched up to fill in with the band “Dublin Sound” with Dessie Higgins and Sean Garvey. In 1986, Brian partnered up with Alan Loughnane and toured all over America with the group “Claddagh” for 3 1/2 years. Brian then joined Fergus Kennedy, then Steve Morris in the Washington, DC and Northern Virginia ar

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