VIPs

When you see Mairtin de Cogain and Jimmy Crowley and the rest of Captain Mackey's Goatskin And String Band at Irish Fest this year,  you might want to treat them with alittle deference. Perhaps a bow or a little curtsey or something would be in order. Because they're hanging out with a much better class of people these days.

Here are a few pictures from the Official Launch in Ireland of the band's new album 'Soldiers' Songs: The Irish Abroad and Soldiering' in De Barra's Folk Club, Clonikilty West Cork,  on the 20th of June. Who better to launch it but the The Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin.

Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband with some of Máirtín's Family. Left to right are Dr. Don Penzien, Aisling Allen, Siobhán de Cógáin, Aislinn Cogan, Barry Cogan, Jimmy Crowley, Máirtín de Cógáin, Valerie Plested and Fionán Cogan the Poet.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Offically Launches Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband's new album. Pictured are Máirtín de Cógáin, Valerie Plested, Minister Micheál Martin, Jimmy Crowley & Dr. Don Penzien.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Officially Launches Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband's new album. Pictured is Minister Micheál Martin.

See this band and ask them about their VIP friends at the Kansas City Irish Fest in just 74 days. Get the new album here.