Crawley Irish Festival 2017 - a chat with organiser John Nolan and performer Paddy Ryan

Ahead of the August Bank Holiday weekend we speak to John Nolan - the man behind the annual Crawley Irish Festival and Paddy Ryan - one of the performers taking part.

We find out whats in store for the free one day Irish festival in Crawley and learn how the globetrotting singer songwriter got invited to take part.

To find out even more about the Festival visit http://www.celtic-irish.co.uk/festival/

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