![]() ![]() Overall, there was a feeling outside the church afterwards that a fine tribute had been paid to a life lived to the full – and a pervasive awareness that he will be badly missed, by family, friends and business associates alike.ĭave was mourned by his wife Rhona, his son Luke and daughter Phoebe. There was music aplenty too, with songs being performed by The High Kings, who are part of Liffey Music's current roster, and by Edge and Bono. It was a fitting goodbye to a man who – in the parlance suited to an occasion like this – knew how to enjoy himself. The funeral was what might be described as a powerful send-off, which ended with a boisterous chorus of cheers and the occasional whoop, as the coffin was carried down the aisle. ![]() Along the way, he was an agent for bands like U2, The Boomtown Rats and Thin Lizzy a concert promoter and festival organiser, notably of the Castlebar Festival in the early 1980s a band manager, with Clannad numbering among his charges, when they had their major breakthrough, with ‘Harry’s Game’ quietly taking the UK charts by storm and, later, impresario, with the creation of the Celtic Heartbeat label (with Paul McGuinness) and the Celtic Woman phenomenon – which delivered his biggest success of all. There was a huge turnout of the Irish music industry for the funeral of Dave Kavanagh, which took place at Haddington Road church in Dublin this morning.ĭave Kavanagh was the Chairman of Liffey Records and Celtic Collections – the culmination of a long career in the business, which began with a stint as Ents Officer in UCD Students Union, in the mid-1970s.
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