
Werewolf of Connemara
Werewolf of Connemara tells the story of The Sodhoppers, an Irish band who never had a hit single but had more supernatural experiences than any other act in musical history. Barreling around the countryside in their beat-up old van, they would meet some of the strangest creatures ever to darken the door of a rural dancehall. The four lads in the band grew up in a harsh 1960s Industrial School (orphanage), but when they finally escape the dreaded institution, their path to musical greatness is sidetracked by a host of fiends they meet along the byroads of rural Ireland, including vampires, a fairy seductress and the mysterious werewolf who runs a lonely dancehall in the middle of Connemara. Werewolf of Connemara is told through the eyes of Fergal McGettigan, lead guitarist with The Sodhoppers. Incarcerated in the Industrial School from a young age, Fergal's quest is not only one of musical fulfillment, but a desperate search for his long lost brother and two sisters. Though each bizarre adventure seems to bring Fergal no closer to his ultimate goal, hidden behind these fantastical encounters may lie the truth about the fate of his long lost family.
Werewolf of Connemara
E1 - Dancehall of the Damned
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Brendan Breathnach
Fergal's story begins with the strange tale of his Uncle Ned, a saxophonist who plied his trade from ballroom to ballroom throughout rural Ireland. The beloved uncle also looked after the four parentless children until things took a turn for the worst in the late 50s, when Uncle Ned began to play with a mysterious band in an even more mysterious rural dancehall.