Frankie Gavin and De Dannan with special guests – The Tin Sandwhich Band

Coming from a musical family, Frankie Gavin has played fiddle and flute since his teenage years. At the age of seventeen, he won All-Ireland competitions for fiddle and flute. Originally influenced by the great Irish and American-Irish fiddle players such as James Morrison, he later found himself playing with stars: The Rolling Stones, Stephane Grappelli, James Galway and Yehudi Menuhin, and for celebrity audiences including four American presidents: J. F. K on his 1962 visit to Ireland, followed later by Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama.

Perhaps most importantly, the name Frankie Gavin is synonymous with De Dannan, the globally celebrated band he founded with Alec Finn in the mid-1970s. Over the years, there have been a numerous star-studded line-ups, and 2023 saw the birth of the latest incarnation of the band. De Dannan now comprises Frankie Gavin on fiddle and flute, Ian Kinsella on guitar, Diarmuid Ó Meachair on melodeon, George Grass on Bouzouki and Kaitlin Cullen-Verhauz on vocals and cello.

Since their formation, the new band have played at Wickham Festival (UK), Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival, The All-Ireland Fleadh, Mullingar, Tonder Festivak (Denmark), Belfast Tradfest, Doolin Folk Festival.

Frankie Gavin and De Dannan will be performing at Fleadh Cheoil na HÉireann in Wexford with Special guests, The Tin Sandwich Band comprising of Donal Clancy, John Murphy, Pip Murphy, Liam Griffin and Benny McCarthy on Saturday August 9th 2025. 

Tickets available to purchase on the National Opera House website at this link: https://www.nationaloperahouse.ie/whats-on/frankie-gavin-de-dannan