Barnbrack

Barnbrack was a Northern Irish/British male vocal/instrumental folk/pop group, with band members Alex Quinn, Jimmy McPeake and Owen McMahon. The word 'barnbrack' is a play on the Anglicised Irish word "Barmbrack", a type of bread that contains fruit. Barnbrack separated in 2003, after the premature death of Quinn’s wife, Deirdre, aged only 55.

While Barnbrack have had many popular songs, such as "The Fly" and the "Unicorn Song", the band's only noted chart success was with a single called "Belfast", written by Lisburn-born man and band member Alex Quinn. The song described the feelings felt by an expatriate, who is planning to return to Ulster and the city he left behind. The song was released on the Homespun label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 16 March 1985, and reached #45; it was in the chart for several weeks.

In 2009, the Belfast Telegraph reported that, after six years apart, the former members of the band were planning a reunion.

22 Irish Folk Pub Songs

Since first I saw the love light
Since first I saw the love light
In your eyes
I thought the world
Held not but joy for me
And even though
We've drifted far apart
I never dream
But what I dreamed of you
I love you
As I never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me
Or my dream of love is all
I love you
As I loved you
When you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen

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