We were saddened to hear about the recent passing of Dessie O’Halloran. We would have listened to Dessie growing up through the years on his own and with The Sharon Shannon Band. We recorded a song a few nights ago in San Francisco that he would have been well known for called ‘Say You Love Me’. RIP Dessie. 🇮🇪 | JigJam

It's an honour and a pleasure to have been Dessie's friend and musical comrade. Sleep well Dessie, I love you and I miss you and your laugh, your unique voice and music and your mighty sense of humour. I haven't seen this documentary yet, but I think it's going to be really great. I'm already emotional watching this short clip from it. Thank you so much to James Cleneghan and John Ohalloran for inviting me to be part of this very special programme paying tribute to the one and only Dessie O Hall

#63 Today’s song is dedicated to Dessie O’Halloran, a great entertainer who lived in Innisbofin, a small island of only 180 inhabitants, off the coast of Connemara. He passed away last Saturday aged 79. I love the fact that Dessie continued to use his talents to make people happy till he died. He had a small hit with the song Say you love me (with Sharon Shannon).The song I associate with him is an old one from 1860’s called Courtin’ in the Kitchen, so I took out the banjo, harmonica and Bodhran