What was the name of the singing group on the Val Doonican show in the 1970s? Men, Aran jumpers, IIRC

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I was trying to remember this yesterday and couldn't, and googling hasn't helped. Only other over 60s are likely to remember this. The Val Doonican show was just about the most middle of the road light entertainment show ever. My parents loved it so we watched it every week. He always had guests. One regular was a British or possibly Irish group of middle-aged men (well, they looked that age to me, back in the 1970s when I was in my teens) and they sang folk and similar songs. I think they all wore Aran jumpers, possibly not always. One of them was black or mixed race, IIRC, and the rest were white. Anybody got a name for them?

It's entirely possible I'm misremembering all of this ...

😂 indeed!

I love Val Doonican. My grandsons love his songs. Delaney's Donkey, Paddy McGinty's Goat and O'Rafferty's motor car

Val Doonican singing Scarlet Ribbons used to make me cry. To my shame, I find it still does....

The Old Grey Whistle Test on bbc2 at eleven o'clock. Which was a complete change from Val Doonican. I liked Val. It was gentle. Later Michael Parkinson I think or was he on a Friday? Larry Grayson and Isla Sinclair who did the Generation Game.

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Known in our house as Val Doodan .I'm sure our parents used try to watch but us kids probably made it hard 😂 .

I'm pretty sure Parkinson was on late on a Saturday. We used to sit up for it, after MOTD.

There are very few programmes from that era where I can remember which day they were broadcast on. University Challenge, Mondays, then as now. The Persuaders, Friday (6pm?). This is Your Life, a weekday, no idea which. Opportunity Knocks, early evening Monday. Panorama, Monday, I think. No catch up, obviously. No video recorder either. You either saw it live, or you missed it, and hoped for a repeat at some point.

I can remember watching World In Action in our house , think it was about the Ripper and asked my dad what a prostitute was .. I also happened to mention the Grand Prix (pricks) and the whole family were falling about laughing . Yes I was the youngest .Oh and I also asked my mother what it meant ( middle finger) brother showed me this through a window . Hmm kids back then ..

Saturday evening started with Dr Who!
Then the Generation Game, Morecambe and Wise and then ended with Starsky and Hutch.
Those were the days 😍