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73_144	Rover Records and touring
73_145	The band continued to tour and record. Joe Millar retired from the band in 2005 when his son, Ian
73_146	Millar, took up the family ranks. Joe and Ian performed once together on stage before Ian took over
73_147	his father's spot.
73_148	The present line-up of George Millar, Wilcil McDowell, Ian Millar, Sean O'Driscoll, Fred Graham,
73_149	Morris Crum, Geoffrey Kelly and Gerry O'Connor continues to tour Canada, the United States,
73_150	Australia and New Zealand.
73_151	In 1993 the band formed their own record company, Rover Records, which allowed them artistic
73_152	freedom that as a younger band they could not afford. George Millar continues to write songs for
73_153	the band, with Rover Records producing their last sixteen albums including Celtic Collection, Come
73_154	Fill Up Your Glasses, Down by the Lagan Side, Still Rovin' After All These Years, and their
73_155	Greatest Hits albums, 40 Years a-Rovin', and The Irish Rovers's Gems. Their Irish homeland
73_156	continues to be the primary subject of their music, as in "Erin's Green Isle", "I'll Return", "Dear
73_157	Little Shamrock Shore", "Dunluce Castle", "Home to Bantry Bay", "The Dublin Pub Crawl", and
73_158	"Gracehill Fair". Recently, their recording of "Drunken Sailor" reached a younger audience on
73_159	YouTube.
73_160	In 2010, The Irish Rovers marked their 45th anniversary with the release of the CD Gracehill Fair,
73_161	which won a local music award on their home base of Vancouver Island.
73_162	The band returned to the World Music charts in 2011 with their album, Home in Ireland.
73_163	In 2012, their single, "The Titanic", released from their Drunken Sailor album, focused attention
73_164	on Belfast and the Harland and Wolff shipyard that had built the Titanic a century before. After
73_165	the song, and accompanying video made headlines in Belfast, N. Ireland, it was also featured in a
73_166	Canadian documentary for the CBC which aided in returning the credit of building the ship to the
73_167	Northern Ireland shipyards of Belfast. The album was produced in response to YouTube activity.
73_168	The band slowed down their touring schedule in their fiftieth year. The release of The Irish
73_169	Rovers, 50 Years compilation album supported their Farewell To Rovin' Tour which will take a few
73_170	years to complete. In 2018, Wilcil McDowell retired from touring and keyboardist Morris Crum
73_171	replaced him, leaving George Millar as the only remaining current member tied to the 1960s lineup.
73_172	After the long tours are done, the band intends to continue recording and performing for special
73_173	events.
73_174	Personnel
73_175	Current members George Millar – vocals, guitar, bouzouki (1963–present)
73_176	Wilcil McDowell – accordion (1968–present, retired from touring since 2018)
73_177	Sean O'Driscoll – mandolin, tenor banjo, bouzouki, guitar, vocals (1997–present)
73_178	Ian Millar – vocals, bass guitar, guitar (2005–present)
73_179	Fred Graham – drums, bodhran, bones, vocals (2007–present)
73_180	Geoffrey Kelly – tin whistle, flute, uilleann pipes, vocals (2008–present)
73_181	Morris Crum – accordion, keyboards, vocals (2012–present) Gerry O'Connor – fiddle (2013–present)
73_182	Davey Walker – keyboards, vocals (2019–present)
73_183	Former members Will Millar – vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle (1964–94)
73_184	Jimmy Ferguson – vocals (1963–97; died 1997)
73_185	Joe Millar – vocals, accordion, harmonica, bass guitar (1963–68, 1969–2005)
73_186	Kevin McKeown – drums, bodhran, bones, vocals (1984–2008)
73_187	John Reynolds – vocals, guitar, harmonica (1986–2012)
73_188	Wallace Hood – mandolin, Irish bouzouki, cittern, tenor banjo, guitar, tin whistle (1995–2005)
73_189	Paul Lawton – drums, bodhran, bones (2002–2005)
73_190	Television specials / VHS or DVD America's Music: Folk 1 [Volume 7] – VHS, 1983
73_191	Party with the Rovers – VHS, 1988 The Irish Rovers Silver Anniversary – CBC, 1989
73_192	The Irish Rovers Celebrate 30 Years – CBC,1994 Celebrate! The First Thirty Years – VHS, 1994
73_193	Live and Well – VHS, 1995 Home In Ireland – PBS TV / DVD, 2011
73_194	The Irish Rovers Christmas – PBS TV / DVD, 2012
73_195	50th Anniversary, LIVE on St. Patrick's Day – SHAW TV on Demand / 2 DVD Set, 2017
73_196	Television Series, International The Irish Rovers – 1971, 7 years. CBC
73_197	The Rovers Comedy House – 1981, 2 years. Global Television / Ulster TV
73_198	Party with The Rovers – 1984, 3 years. Global Television / Ulster TV Superspecial – 1980's. CBC
73_199	Discography Albums Singles References External links
73_200	Will Millar's Website The Irish Rovers' discography at the Balladeers
73_201	Canadian Encyclopedia entry canadianbands.com entry Entries at 45cat.com
73_202	Irish Rovers YouTube Channel
73_203	Irish folk musical groups Canadian folk music groups Canadian Celtic music groups
73_204	Musical groups established in 1963 Attic Records (Canada) artists 1963 establishments in Ontario
74_0	Dalli-Rajhara is a town and a municipality in Balod district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.
74_1	Dalli Rajhara is home of iron ore captive mines for Bhilai Steel Plant, the largest integrated
74_2	steel plant in India. Dalli mines deposit was discovered by Pramatha Nath Bose, the first Indian
74_3	graded officer of the Geological Survey of India around 1900.
74_4	Geography Dalli Rajhara is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics
74_5	As of the census of India 2011 population of Dalli Rajhara is 44,363. It has just 11,018 Households
74_6	including House-less which shows declining trend of population.
74_7	As of the 2001 India census, Dalli-Rajhara had a population of 50,615. Males constitute 52% of the
74_8	population and females 48%. Dalli-Rajhara has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the
74_9	national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 77% and, female literacy is 58%. In Dalli-Rajhara, 14%
74_10	of the population is under 6 years of age.
74_11	Mining township
74_12	Dalli-Rajhara is the twin mine and part of the Rajhara group of mines. These are captive iron ore
74_13	mines for Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)a SAIL enterprise. Iron ores mined from the area are of the
74_14	hematite and magnetite variety. The other mines in the neighbourhood produce dolomite, lime and
74_15	other raw materials which go into steel production.
74_16	Dalli-Rajhara is about 83 km south of Durg and comes under the south-eastern section of the Indian
74_17	Railways. While both Dalli and Rajhara have mines, the residential area is predominantly in
74_18	Rajhara.
74_19	Dalli-Rajhara is a self-sufficient township with BSP having set up hospitals and a considerable
74_20	number of educational institutes.
74_21	Dalli-Rajhara rose to prominence as a result of the labour rights movement in the 1970s.
74_22	The mines are open cast mines and the poignant view as one enters the township at dusk is that of
74_23	thousands of glittering lights on the hills.
74_24	The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the ministry had met during the last three days to clear a
74_25	shelf of stranded projects entailing an investment of nearly Rs 80,000 crore. The EAC has cleared
74_26	12 of these projects. The committee is expected to meet shortly again to take a call on the
74_27	remaining projects. Among those cleared on Saturday are SAIL's proposed 1 million tonne per annum
74_28	pellet plant along with upstream slime beneficiation facilities at its Dalli-Rajhara iron ore mine
74_29	in Chhattisgarh.
74_30	Transport
74_31	This area is connected via rail and road with its district balod. It is well connected by bus to
74_32	the Durg and Bastar region. The road is in quite good shape. Only one passenger train runs
74_33	between Dalli and Durg. Much development is due on the rail connectivity front. There is an
74_34	ongoing rail link with Jagdalpur.
74_35	Extending rail transport
74_36	Union Railway Budget of 2012–13 has proposed new links to existing Durg-Dalli Rajhara railway line.
74_37	Ongoing project of Dalli Rajhara–Rowghat–Jagdalpur. (Phase 1 first stretch Dalli Rajhara–Keoti
74_38	work has been started).

73_144

Rover Records and touring

73_145

The band continued to tour and record. Joe Millar retired from the band in 2005 when his son, Ian

73_146

Millar, took up the family ranks. Joe and Ian performed once together on stage before Ian took over

73_147

his father's spot.

73_148

The present line-up of George Millar, Wilcil McDowell, Ian Millar, Sean O'Driscoll, Fred Graham,

73_149

Morris Crum, Geoffrey Kelly and Gerry O'Connor continues to tour Canada, the United States,

73_150

Australia and New Zealand.

73_151

In 1993 the band formed their own record company, Rover Records, which allowed them artistic

73_152

freedom that as a younger band they could not afford. George Millar continues to write songs for

73_153

the band, with Rover Records producing their last sixteen albums including Celtic Collection, Come

73_154

Fill Up Your Glasses, Down by the Lagan Side, Still Rovin' After All These Years, and their

73_155

Greatest Hits albums, 40 Years a-Rovin', and The Irish Rovers's Gems. Their Irish homeland

73_156

continues to be the primary subject of their music, as in "Erin's Green Isle", "I'll Return", "Dear

73_157

Little Shamrock Shore", "Dunluce Castle", "Home to Bantry Bay", "The Dublin Pub Crawl", and

73_158

"Gracehill Fair". Recently, their recording of "Drunken Sailor" reached a younger audience on

73_159

YouTube.

73_160

In 2010, The Irish Rovers marked their 45th anniversary with the release of the CD Gracehill Fair,

73_161

which won a local music award on their home base of Vancouver Island.

73_162

The band returned to the World Music charts in 2011 with their album, Home in Ireland.

73_163

In 2012, their single, "The Titanic", released from their Drunken Sailor album, focused attention

73_164

on Belfast and the Harland and Wolff shipyard that had built the Titanic a century before. After

73_165

the song, and accompanying video made headlines in Belfast, N. Ireland, it was also featured in a

73_166

Canadian documentary for the CBC which aided in returning the credit of building the ship to the

73_167

Northern Ireland shipyards of Belfast. The album was produced in response to YouTube activity.

73_168

The band slowed down their touring schedule in their fiftieth year. The release of The Irish

73_169

Rovers, 50 Years compilation album supported their Farewell To Rovin' Tour which will take a few

73_170

years to complete. In 2018, Wilcil McDowell retired from touring and keyboardist Morris Crum

73_171

replaced him, leaving George Millar as the only remaining current member tied to the 1960s lineup.

73_172

After the long tours are done, the band intends to continue recording and performing for special

73_173

events.

73_174

Personnel

73_175

Current members George Millar – vocals, guitar, bouzouki (1963–present)

73_176

Wilcil McDowell – accordion (1968–present, retired from touring since 2018)

73_177

Sean O'Driscoll – mandolin, tenor banjo, bouzouki, guitar, vocals (1997–present)

73_178

Ian Millar – vocals, bass guitar, guitar (2005–present)

73_179

Fred Graham – drums, bodhran, bones, vocals (2007–present)

73_180

Geoffrey Kelly – tin whistle, flute, uilleann pipes, vocals (2008–present)

73_181

Morris Crum – accordion, keyboards, vocals (2012–present) Gerry O'Connor – fiddle (2013–present)

73_182

Davey Walker – keyboards, vocals (2019–present)

73_183

Former members Will Millar – vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle (1964–94)

73_184

Jimmy Ferguson – vocals (1963–97; died 1997)

73_185

Joe Millar – vocals, accordion, harmonica, bass guitar (1963–68, 1969–2005)

73_186

Kevin McKeown – drums, bodhran, bones, vocals (1984–2008)

73_187

John Reynolds – vocals, guitar, harmonica (1986–2012)

73_188

Wallace Hood – mandolin, Irish bouzouki, cittern, tenor banjo, guitar, tin whistle (1995–2005)

73_189

Paul Lawton – drums, bodhran, bones (2002–2005)

73_190

Television specials / VHS or DVD America's Music: Folk 1 [Volume 7] – VHS, 1983

73_191

Party with the Rovers – VHS, 1988 The Irish Rovers Silver Anniversary – CBC, 1989

73_192

The Irish Rovers Celebrate 30 Years – CBC,1994 Celebrate! The First Thirty Years – VHS, 1994

73_193

Live and Well – VHS, 1995 Home In Ireland – PBS TV / DVD, 2011

73_194

The Irish Rovers Christmas – PBS TV / DVD, 2012

73_195

50th Anniversary, LIVE on St. Patrick's Day – SHAW TV on Demand / 2 DVD Set, 2017

73_196

Television Series, International The Irish Rovers – 1971, 7 years. CBC

73_197

The Rovers Comedy House – 1981, 2 years. Global Television / Ulster TV

73_198

Party with The Rovers – 1984, 3 years. Global Television / Ulster TV Superspecial – 1980's. CBC

73_199

Discography Albums Singles References External links

73_200

Will Millar's Website The Irish Rovers' discography at the Balladeers

73_201

Canadian Encyclopedia entry canadianbands.com entry Entries at 45cat.com

73_202

Irish Rovers YouTube Channel

73_203

Irish folk musical groups Canadian folk music groups Canadian Celtic music groups

73_204

Musical groups established in 1963 Attic Records (Canada) artists 1963 establishments in Ontario

74_0

Dalli-Rajhara is a town and a municipality in Balod district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

74_1

Dalli Rajhara is home of iron ore captive mines for Bhilai Steel Plant, the largest integrated

74_2

steel plant in India. Dalli mines deposit was discovered by Pramatha Nath Bose, the first Indian

74_3

graded officer of the Geological Survey of India around 1900.

74_4

Geography Dalli Rajhara is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics

74_5

As of the census of India 2011 population of Dalli Rajhara is 44,363. It has just 11,018 Households

74_6

including House-less which shows declining trend of population.

74_7

As of the 2001 India census, Dalli-Rajhara had a population of 50,615. Males constitute 52% of the

74_8

population and females 48%. Dalli-Rajhara has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the

74_9

national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 77% and, female literacy is 58%. In Dalli-Rajhara, 14%

74_10

of the population is under 6 years of age.

74_11

Mining township

74_12

Dalli-Rajhara is the twin mine and part of the Rajhara group of mines. These are captive iron ore

74_13

mines for Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)a SAIL enterprise. Iron ores mined from the area are of the

74_14

hematite and magnetite variety. The other mines in the neighbourhood produce dolomite, lime and

74_15

other raw materials which go into steel production.

74_16

Dalli-Rajhara is about 83 km south of Durg and comes under the south-eastern section of the Indian

74_17

Railways. While both Dalli and Rajhara have mines, the residential area is predominantly in

74_18

Rajhara.

74_19

Dalli-Rajhara is a self-sufficient township with BSP having set up hospitals and a considerable

74_20

number of educational institutes.

74_21

Dalli-Rajhara rose to prominence as a result of the labour rights movement in the 1970s.

74_22

The mines are open cast mines and the poignant view as one enters the township at dusk is that of

74_23

thousands of glittering lights on the hills.

74_24

The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the ministry had met during the last three days to clear a

74_25

shelf of stranded projects entailing an investment of nearly Rs 80,000 crore. The EAC has cleared

74_26

12 of these projects. The committee is expected to meet shortly again to take a call on the

74_27

remaining projects. Among those cleared on Saturday are SAIL's proposed 1 million tonne per annum

74_28

pellet plant along with upstream slime beneficiation facilities at its Dalli-Rajhara iron ore mine

74_29

in Chhattisgarh.

74_30

Transport

74_31

This area is connected via rail and road with its district balod. It is well connected by bus to

74_32

the Durg and Bastar region. The road is in quite good shape. Only one passenger train runs

74_33

between Dalli and Durg. Much development is due on the rail connectivity front. There is an

74_34

ongoing rail link with Jagdalpur.

74_35

Extending rail transport

74_36

Union Railway Budget of 2012–13 has proposed new links to existing Durg-Dalli Rajhara railway line.

74_37

Ongoing project of Dalli Rajhara–Rowghat–Jagdalpur. (Phase 1 first stretch Dalli Rajhara–Keoti

74_38

work has been started).