Luke Kelly, the founding member of famous Irish traditional group, The Dubliner’s, has become one of the country's biggest musical legends.
A musical icon, he remains the greatest balladeer Ireland has ever produced. He left behind a massive legacy and one of his most stand out moments occurred on this day forty years ago.
Kelly performed a rendition of Phil Coulter’s powerful ballad '
Scorn Not His Simplicity' on
The McCann Man back in 1974, a performance that has withstood the test of time.
The folk over at
RTÉ Archives made sure to share this piece of Irish television gold with the nation, for which we are extremely grateful.
As the host Jim McCann states at the beginning of this clip, Kelly's rendition is “the definitive recording of it and should be left at that”. We couldn't agree more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo
Video courtesy of kellyoneill on YouTube.
Lead image via
RTÉ Archives 
