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Album Review: Damien Dempsey - It’s All Good: The Best Of Damien Dempsey

Tyler McLoughlan

a lure for old fans as he dons his seanchaí hat to pay tribute to the Irish soldiers of Mexico in St Patrick’s Brave Brigade, alongside fellow new track, Happy Days.

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One of Ireland's favourite sons – whose lyrics famously cheered up Dubliners when spread on city facades by graffiti artist Maser – celebrates his journey as an outspoken social commentator across 29 tracks, two discs, serving as either an introduction to Dempsey's contemporary Celtic folk, with a title track singalong featuring mentor Sinead O'Connor and the orchestral joy of Almighty Love, or a lure for old fans as he dons his seanchaí hat to pay tribute to the Irish soldiers of Mexico in St Patrick's Brave Brigade, alongside fellow new track, Happy Days.