4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Frank and Walters reveal how an English woman inspired a Cork anthem
The song 'After All' got a new lease of life when it featured on an episode of The Young Offenders, but as RTÉ show Aistear an Amhráin reveals, it's not a song about the city at all
It is a song that was released 32 years ago, was revived on a popular TV show just before Covid and has now become something of a de facto anthem for Cork people at home and abroad.
After All, the most celebrated song from that most Cork of bands, the Frank and Walters, is now as adored as old standards like The Banks of my Own Lovely Lee. Should Cork hurlers manage to live up to early season expectations and win the All-Ireland for the first time in 20 years this summer, it will be sung lustily at Croke Park. It has long been on the tannoy at Turners Cross, where Cork City footballers ply their trade.
