Ray Dolan

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| caption = Ray Dolan in 1975

| name = Ray Dolan

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| genre = folk

| occupation = Musician, songwriter, singer

| instrument = vocals, guitar

| years_active = 1960s – 1970s

| label = EMI

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Ray Dolan is an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist. He began his career in the early 1970 by playing folk clubs in Dublin with James Connolly as a duo, contributing to the success of the Universal Folk Centre at Parnell Square.{{cite web |title=A Platform For Musicians |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/1111/1090045-universal-folk-club/ |date=2019 |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=15 November 2023}}Insert from Restless Night In 1973, they were involved in the five-member band Heir.[http://www.irish-showbands.com/folkbands.htm www.irish-showbands.com]: "Heir [Dublin] (1973 five piece – Tony Boland, James Connolly, Terry Hanlon, George Brady and Ray Dolan)" The two musicians also participated in the final Anne Byrne album Come by the Hills, published in 1974, and containing a cover of the Dolan's song "Constantly Changing".[http://www.geocities.jp/saga8t/artist/b/anne_byrne4.html Anne Byrne / Come By The Hills] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131128/http://www.geocities.jp/saga8t/artist/b/anne_byrne4.html |date=2 November 2012 }}: GUITARS (...) Ray Dolan. He went solo that year, and recorded an album on EMI label in 1975, Restless Night, but he remains mainly known for the Tír na nÓg version of his song "Hey Friend" from their eponymous album released by Chrysalis Records in 1971.O'Regan, John, RTÉ broadcaster. Liner note to In the Morning album from Tír na nÓg (1999). The Irish duo contributed to his solo album with Leo O'Kelly as producer, and among other guests like Philip King, future Scullion founder with Sonny Condell. The same year, he did a brief screen appearance in an episode of the BBC Two documentary series The Camera & The Song, dedicated to O'Kelly and Condell.