Finn McHooligans are :
Patrick Lytle |
- vocals and guitar |
Victor Stoica |
- drums and percussion |
The Finn McHooligans came in existence in 2004 as a side project of Patrick Lytle and Victor Stoica of the band Skin. This side project was design as a fully commercial group that could be hired by clubs, restaurants, private parties, and public events and since 2004 it has been a veritable cash cow.
Discography:
| 3 Sheets to the wind |
| 2005 / demo / CD / Happy Sunshine Records |
Who was Finn McCool?
Finn McCool (Anglicized spelling is Fionn Mac Cumhail) could be called the Irish King Arthur and is one of the most celebrated heroes of Irish mythology. Peter Berresford Ellis writes in his Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1992):
He received his education from the druid Finegas, who catches the Salmon of Knowledge and gives it to him to cook. Fionn burns himself while doing so and sucks his thumb, thus acquiring the knowledge... From then on there occurs a series of adventures involving hunting, fighting, sorcery, love, and passion. Fionn has many romances but it is with the goddess Sadb that he begets his famous son, Oisín (Ossian)... Accounts of Fionn's death vary... (one) version contains a typical Celtic motif; the tale concludes that Fionn is not dead but sleeping in a cave, waiting for the call to help Ireland in her hour of need.
The band Finn McHooligans is a cross between Finn McCool (Irish Hero) and Hooligans (Irish Hoodlums); the anti-heroes of Irish culture.
