The Myth & The Magic

In 1984, Clannad released one of their best-known albums. Legend was the soundtrack to the cult TV show Robin Of Sherwood and helped them become the first Irish band to scoop a BAFTA. Forty years on, it’s been lovingly expanded with previously unreleased material and performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Prog takes a journey through Sherwood Forest with Moya and Pól Brennan to uncover the story behind the album that made them household names.

Martin Kielty

When Pól Brennan returned to his family band – 21 years after leaving to work with Peter Gabriel at Real World Studios – he had a specific ambition in mind. It took Clannad a further 13 years to realise that ambition, and it may be the last thing they will ever do. The Irish group – Pól’s sister Moya, brother Ciarán and late uncles Pádraig and Noel Duggan – first turned heads in the wider world with 1982’s Theme From Harry’s Game: a haunting, dark, close-harmony ode for the TV series that lamented Ireland’s Troubles. The first Gaelic hit single outside their own country, it proved to be a levelling-up experience along with its parent album, 1983’s Magical Ring. The most immediate result was an invitation to do more TV…

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