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LOOKING ahead to this summer’s Live at the Docklands gig, Hermitage Green percussionist and proud Clare man, Dermot Sheedy says, “It is really going to be our seminal moment of the year – and hopefully we will be celebrating a Clare All-Ireland win by then as well!” Strong words from a member of a band whose name has become synonymous with the home of the current All-Ireland champions, Limerick. While Dermot has a lot of love for the Treaty City, where the band’s musical journey started, he insists Clare will always be where the heart is. In a short few years Hermitage Green has gone from playing in the backroom of a Limerick pub to performing to thousands of fans at their Docklands show this August 24. “The band has always been a Limerick band because we started playing there as a cover band in a bar. We very naturally grew over time to doing our own original songs to …
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