Dublin balladeer Danny Doyle performs songs written by Kavanagh and other key Irish poets.This performance is part of a two-day centenary conference on the legacy of Patrick Kavanagh, a pivotal and popular figure in modern Irish poetry. A member of the Irish folk revival movement, Doyle began recording music in 1966. Doyle is introduced by Ann Morrison Spinney of Boston College's music department and Irish studies program.
Danny Doyle has been bringing the ballads, history and stories of Ireland to audiences around the world for nearly four decades.
