Andrew strong where is he now

I took the opportunity but I also put my heart and soul into the part I played. I think any Irish person who spends time in Australia or America picks up some of the slang. We came together for him into one nucleus. The reaction we got playing the shows was astonishing, we had people coming up crying afterwards saying they had waited 25 years to hear those songs.

You hammered those songs and to learn now that you were a teenager when sang them! You Sir are an inspiration!! You did at 16 what all of us inspiring musicians want to achieve. I was dumbstruck watching The Commitments for the first time right after its release to discover how young you were! Your voice is truly a God-given instrument. You are amazing!

I have the CD and DVD of that movie, and, now at age 74, I am sitting here on a rainy Saturday afternoon watching it again for probably the 15th time. Your email address will not be published. Close Andrew Strong in Pic: Belfast Telegraph. Close Bronagh Gallagher. Close Music man Robert Arkins. Close Johnny Murphy. Close Maria Doyle Kennedy. Music Bronagh Gallagher to get Sound of Belfast music festival under way Londonderry singer Bronagh Gallagher will kick off the Sound of Belfast music festival next month.

Festivals Part sisterhood, and part family wedding - but the Rose is no simple beauty pageant A gale is singing with gusto through the open windows of the Rose Hotel and the clouds hang low over the hills. Dr Tony Holohan: We're socialising at a level we can't sustain. Frightening images show boy jumping between storey apartment blocks. Released in , the Roddy Doyle-penned film made superstars out of its cast on our shores, with some making it big overseas too and the movie has been turned into a hit musical since.

Today's top videos But what ever happened to the original cast? Drumcondra native Robert Arkins hadn't acted a day in his life before being cast as the band's manager Jimmy.

Since the film, Robert has gone back to music and produced work for a number of commercials, television projects and two short films. He was originally contacted to star in the film by The Corrs' manager John Hughes who asked him to go in and sing for director Alex Parker. Parker liked him and after a few follow-up auditions, he got the part. It seems all the ladies from The Commitments did pretty well for themselves after the film with Maria being no exception. Maria's career has gone from strength-to-strength in the years since and she even made it as far as Hollywood.

Glen Hansard, John Sheahan. For those who don't know, Glen went on to become one of Ireland's most successful and most popular musicians.