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The Raines: Meet the supergroup combining musical adventure, motherhood and one very famous husband

Formed after a chance encounter on a ferry to Inis Oírr, the Connemara trio reflect on their evolving sound, raising children in the wild West, playing pool with Larry Mullen and saunas at weddings

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The Raines are (from left) Yvonne Tiernan, Ruth Dillion, and Juliana Erkkonen

The Raines are (from left) Yvonne Tiernan, Ruth Dillion, and Juliana Erkkonen

The Raines, from left, Ruth Dillion, Yvonne Tiernan and Juliana Erkkonen

The Raines, from left, Ruth Dillion, Yvonne Tiernan and Juliana Erkkonen

The wedding of Tommy and Yvonne in 2009, with the late Gay Byrne also in the frame

The wedding of Tommy and Yvonne in 2009, with the late Gay Byrne also in the frame

Pre-nuptials – Yvonne McMahon and Tommy Tiernan in 2004

Pre-nuptials – Yvonne McMahon and Tommy Tiernan in 2004

Raines forest

Raines forest

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The Raines are (from left) Yvonne Tiernan, Ruth Dillion, and Juliana Erkkonen

Yvonne Tiernan is remembering the late Paddy Moloney. In the 1990s she ran the Chieftains’ management office in Dublin. One day Paddy heard that Yvonne moonlighted as a singer with the successful Abba tribute band Abbaesque. The Chieftains were rehearsing for a tour of Japan and were looking for a singer .

Paddy asked me to learn a Japanese song called ‘Sake in the Jar,’” she says, smiling fondly at the memory. 


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