A fascinating watch.
RTÉ aired Luke Kelly: Prince Of The City on Monday evening, showcasing The Dubliners icon’s life, from his restless upbringing in Dublin, to his star status as one of Ireland’s finest ever musicians.
Concluding with chronicling Kelly’s untimely death in 1984 at the age of 43, the documentary made for joyous and emotive viewing in equal measure, including a lovely anecdote about Ed Sheeran and Glen Hansard.
Here is some of the best reaction to a fantastic watch.
Luke Kelly documentary on RTE1. My evening sorted.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) July 4, 2016
A great reminder that being authentic is all we need to do.#LukeKelly put his heart & soul into his voice, how powerful that realness was.
— Síle Seoige (@SileSeoige) July 4, 2016
Thinking of my Dad watching this amazing doc on #LukeKelly on @RTEOne … Are you watching @anningle ? ❤️#PrinceOfTheCity
— Róisín Jingle 🎄 (@roisiningle) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/CianWednesDay/status/750072730100334596
His version of scorn his simplicity always brings a tear to my eye #Lukekelly
— Niamh Thornbury (@niamharmagh11) July 4, 2016
Luke Kelly's voice is unbelievable! Could listen to him all day
— Michael Keogh (@MichaelKeogh95) July 4, 2016
Watching Luke Kelly: Prince of the City on RTE1. If your not watching this, get on it. #LukeKelly pic.twitter.com/p3VXEPhTAy
— Dave O Sullivan 🇮🇪 (@Dave_O_Sullivan) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/stevieh89/status/750072163017846784
I've seen tis show before, but still hits the heart. Amazing he died in 84. An here he is, stil da absolute king of Irish ballads #Lukekelly
— Rory's Stories (@RorysStories) July 4, 2016
If Luke Kelly Sang every poem that appear on the leaving and junior Cert we would all be getting A+#lukekelly #raglanroad
— Dustin The Turkey (@DustinOfficial) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/BigTop1978/status/750078381748842496
Worth paying aTV licence to watch a brilliant programme #LukeKelly
— Jim Farnan (@fairgreen1) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/MickeyC1888/status/750079801696845824
#LukeKelly is the depiction of what makes you proud to be Irish
— Laura (@lauraisainmdom) July 4, 2016
If it wasn't for #LukeKelly and Raglan Road I don't think I would have done so well in my leaving cert English! Only poem I could quote!
— Siobhan Aylward (@SiobhanAylward) July 4, 2016
What an Irish legend #princeofthecity #lukekelly
— Peter O Flynn (@Flynner004) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/glencurtis252/status/750079418677227521
"And the crowd knew every – well, they knew the chorus." Beautiful, Glen. Beautiful. #lukekelly
— An Spailpín Fánach (@anspailpin) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/jaydevDevlin/status/750077950687645698
Fantastic stuff.
Clip via kellyoneill
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