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George Millar | |
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| Born | 14 April 1947 Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Genres | Irish folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | Early 1960s-present |
| Labels | Rover Records DPTV Media Potato Records Varèse Sarabande Attic Records Brunswick Records MCA Records Festival Records Coral Records CBS Records Universal Records Epic Records Decca Records |
| Member of | The Irish Rovers |
| Website | theirishroversmusic |
George Millar (born 14 April 1947)[1] is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist and co-founder and leader of the Irish folk group The Irish Rovers, which formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963[2] and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". They are best known for their international television series, contributing to the popularization of Irish Music in North America, and for the songs "The Unicorn", "Drunken Sailor", "Wasn't That a Party", "The Orange and the Green", "Whiskey on a Sunday", "Lily the Pink", "Finnegan's Wake" and "The Black Velvet Band".
George became a Canadian citizen after Canada's Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, asked The Irish Rovers to do so, in order to officially represent Canada around the world. Millar and The Irish Rovers represented Canada at five World Expos, and in 2018 were honoured as one of Ireland's greatest exports at Dublin, Ireland's EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.
- ^ Urban, Carl (3 March 2012). "Irish Rovers to perform pair of shows at Log Cabin in Holyoke". The Republican. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ 'Irish Rovers are Digging out those old Folk songs', By Ballymena Weekly Editor, Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, N. Ireland – 20 August 1964