Ronan O'Rahilly

Ronan O'Rahilly ( born May 21, 1940 in Ireland) is an Irish businessman, known for the creation of the lake Enders Radio Caroline.

Life

O'Rahillys parents were in possession of the private port Greenore, Carlingford Lough, County Louth. His grandfather, Michael O'Rahilly (The O'Rahilly ), was one of the participants amOsteraufstand of 1916 in Ireland, where he died.

Prior to joining Radio Caroline, he led a trendy club in London's Soho district and was the manager of several pop musicians, including Georgie Fame, with whom he recorded a disc with his own independent label. He tried several times to get his plates at stations such as the BBC or Radio Luxembourg in the program, but it only played music labels who paid for it and the money necessary for O'Rahilly had not. Shortly thereafter, he said "I have taken the plate with the man get it but not played. So we have to open a radio station. "

So he set about the pirate radio station Radio Caroline, which from a ship (MV Caroline ) should send out, which lay at anchor off the coast of Essex in the East of England to organize.

Later he participated in the production of several films and has worked with Marianne Faithfull in The Girl on a Motorcycle.