Jimmy Monaghan
Encyclopedia
Jimmy Monaghan is a musician from Belmullet
, Ireland
. He is the principal songwriter
for the Galway
based anti-folk
band Music for Dead Birds
. He was also an amateur
boxer
, winning four national titles and received the Western People
Sports Star of the year award in 2004. He was shortlisted for the RTÉ
PJ O'Connor Award in May 2011 for his radio play 'Thumb'.
Belmullet
Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of around 2,000 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. Its name means the "mouth of the mullet"...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He is the principal songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
for the Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
based anti-folk
Anti-folk
Anti-folk is a music genre that takes the earnestness of politically charged 1960s folk music and subverts it. The defining characteristics of this anti-folk are difficult to identify, as they vary from one artist to the next...
band Music for Dead Birds
Music for Dead Birds
Music for Dead Birds are an anti-folk band from Galway and Mayo, Ireland. Its members are Jimmy Monaghan and Donal Walsh...
. He was also an amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, winning four national titles and received the Western People
Western People
The Western People is a weekly local newspaper published in Ballina, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland, it was first published in 1883. The paper is now owned by Cork-based Thomas Crosbie Holdings...
Sports Star of the year award in 2004. He was shortlisted for the RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
PJ O'Connor Award in May 2011 for his radio play 'Thumb'.