Do you remember when Johnny Cash played Kingscourt?
Footage sought of the Man in Black and fans for new TV documentary
A call-out for any home-movie film footage of Johnny Cash from his tour of Ireland in 1963 has been made for a new TV documentary. If you think you may have filmed Johnny Cash or indeed if you saw Johnny perform in 1963 then the production team would like hear from you for an RTÉ documentary.
Cash travelled the national highways and byways to play ballrooms in Cavan, Dundalk, Mallow, Limerick, Kilkenny, Mullingar, Athy, Galway, Rush and the National Stadium Dublin.
At 31 years of age, Johnny Cash had sold 11 million records and had played the biggest venues throughout America, so why did he choose to play 12 concerts to small audiences in ballrooms across Ireland? What was it like to see this international country music star perform at the Granada?
09/10/1963 Granada, Kingscourt, Cavan
11/10/1963 The Hangar, Salthill, Galway
13/10/1963 Adelphi, Dundalk
15/10/1963 Lakeland, Mullingar
17/10/1963 Jetland, Limerick
18/10/1963 Majestic Mallow
19/10/1963 National Stadium
19/10/1963 Palladium, Rush
20/10/1963 Carlton Ballroom, Kilkenny
20/10/1963 Dreamland, Athy
Johnny Cash toured Ireland with the love of his life June Carter, who he later married, and supporting them were the Showband, Eileen Reid and The Cadets.
If you think you have film footage of Johnny Cash in Kingscourt or any mementoes of the 1963 tour contact localnews@anglocelt.ie and we'll put you in touch with the production team.