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A former resident of Galway, Margo is very excited to be returning to a place she once called home.

The annual Michael Commins Galway Concerts are rolling around fast with just three weeks to go before the annual gathering which draws friends and country music followers from all over the island of Ireland as well as some from England and America.

MARGO, ONE of the most popular and enduring presences in County and Irish music, will headline the annual Michael Commins Galway Sessions, which take place in the Clayton Hotel.

It was the year the bridge over the River Foyle was built, linking Lifford and Strabane. It was also the year Val Doonican released his single ‘Walk Tall’ and, most notably in Donegal, 1964 was the year that Margo (Margaret O’Donnell) sang her way to prominence in her native county and shortly afterwards into the hearts of a nation.

Margo returns to the Royal Theatre Castlebar for her annual summer concert on Saturday August 13. The Royal Theatre is delighted to welcome back Margo to Castlebar, Margo is a firm favourite in Castlebar and has a great following of fans who come from all over to see her. “Margo always attracts a great crowd and she certainly gives value for money,” said Pat Jennings of the Royal Theatre. “Her show is jammed full of her biggest hits and all the firm favourites.”

Exactly 40 years after the release of the record that launched her career, Margo O’Donnell will perform at the Royal Theatre Pavilion on Saturday, August 16. Margo’s first 45 rpm single Bonny Irish Boy/Dear God shot to the top of the Irish country scene in 1968. However, this hugely successful release was also tinged with huge sadness for the 17-year-old. As Margo herself explains “The week of its release my dad passed away suddenly on August 16 and so my life would never be the same again, you see for me my dad hung the moon.”