Trad & Folk Musicians
Nellie Weldon - Singer
My dear friend Nellie, looking into the garden of McDowell's pub where she is watching the love of her life & husband, Liam Weldon, taking the fresh air.
Antaine O'Faracháin made this night in the pub smoke-free so that Liam could come along - there was no smoking ban in 1995!
Liam had suffered a stroke a few years earlier which left him unable to sing. The smoke filled bars kept him away from the music and the songs that he loved.
Antaine was responsible too for the re-release of Liam's solo CD, "Dark Horse on the Wind" in 1999 with Seamus O'Neill of Mulligan Records.
Location: McDowell's Pub, Inchicore, Dublin c.1995
Photographer: Colm Keating