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- Séamus Begley was born on August 26, 1949 in Ballynabuck, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Song of Granite (2017), Come on Up to the House (2019) and The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017). He was married to Mary Begley. He died on January 9, 2023 in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.
- SpouseMary Begley(? - January 9, 2023) (his death, 4 children)
- Begley was renowned as a raconteur and for his stage presence and wit and influenced many younger singers and musicians.
- Begley was invited to perform on the An Irish Christmas tour in America and this led to a duet album with Oisín Mac Diarmada, Le Chéile/Together, on accordion and fiddle only, and An Irish Christmas Soundscape, both in 2012. In the same year, he was invited to join the group Téada, of which Mac Diarmada is a member, and the box player performed and recorded with the band over the subsequent decade. He also undertook a Music Network tour with Scottish musicians Catriona Mckay and Chris Stout.
- In 2013, Begley was presented by Mary Black with the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Amhranaí na Bliana/Singer of the Year award.
- In a 2020 'Se Mo Laoch documentary on TG4, Begley explained the importance of music in his life: (...if it wasn't for music... I often talk to my children Méabh and Eoin about it... Where would we be? Where would we be without music? What would we be doing? I couldn't imagine it.).
- In 2015 he released his solo album The Bold Kerryman, which featured Damien Dempsey in a duet of the song 'The Banks of the Sweet Primroses'.
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