The funeral of the man who died following a tragic incident in Donegal during Storm Amy has heard of his love of music and playing instruments. Tommy Connors of Neil T Blaney Road, Letterkenny died on ...

If you’ve written a hit song, the likelihood of it following you around for the rest of your life is almost inevitable, which became a certain curse for Merle Haggard. ‘Okie From Muskogee’ is one song ...

Loving mother and mother-in-law of Tim and Candice, Ang, Shelly and Ryan, Mel and Andrew. Adored Nanio of Sarah-Kate (dec), Jes, Zoe, Myles, Wylie, Freddy, Harley, Will, Heath, Arizona, Zak and Ryan.

During the early 1970s, Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton began touring together. Soon after, Haggard’s affections for Parton grew into more friendship. Haggard fell in love with Parton and even wrote a ...

The love story continues… kind of. Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton were good friends for decades, all the way until Merle’s passing in 2016, but it’s no secret that Merle was in love with her, and he ...

Generally speaking, an artist has little say over which song in their catalogue becomes a signature track—something Merle Haggard had to learn the hard way after he came to regret a song that ...