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Iggy Ward, Shorty O'Kane & Peter McKinney had been in popular Belfast rock band Squinter Dan,
formed in 1975. They changed their name to Dirtywork in 1976.
Dirtywork merged with the remains of the disbanded Katmandu
adding frontman Martyn Lundy (vocals), Tommy Lundy (rhythm guitar), Ronan O'Callaghan (keyboards) to the lineup.
Geraldine McKeever, who by then was studying music in Belfast, began to sing with
the group. She appears on their 1976 single, a reggae version of 'The Rose of Tralee' backed with an
uptempo rock track 'Belfast City Girl'.
Martyn Lundy left the band and re-formed a Belfast-based Katmandu in 1978. The rest
of Dirtywork took up an offer from Dublin band manager Louis Walsh to become a backing band for Irish singer
Tony Kenny. When The Tony Kenny Band split in 1980, Tommy Lundy & Ronan O'Callaghan
joined Crackers who quickly became The Crack and Shorty O'Kane
joined Dublin based Rock'n'Roll revival band Daddy Cool & The Lollipops.
Ronan O'Callaghan and Geraldine McKeever, who'd married in 1978,
moved to Derry in 1983.
Iggy Ward & Peter McKinney returned to Belfast, teaming up once again with Marty Lundy
as Katmandu,
this time joined by Trevor Hutchinson on Bass & Pat Fitzpatrick on Keyboards. This finalised the
familiar line-up and the band soon moved back to Dublin. See the Katmandu
entry for more details.
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