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Ultan Mulhern

Ultan Mulhern

Merseyside/Irish songwriter and lyricist, one half of folk duo The Folk Doctors alongside John Armstrong.

Sep 3, 2026

Keep Folk Talking by Openhouse Studio

Keep Folk Talking by Openhouse Studio

The Story of the Folk Doctors

Sep 3 · 52m

Brian Jones
Brian JonesHOST
15:51
And, you know, you're properly on it and you're very tight and you're very enthusiastic and you're selling the story.
Ultan Mulhern
Ultan MulhernGUEST
15:59
We've kind of got a lot of rules around our songs, really.
Ultan Mulhern
Ultan MulhernGUEST
16:02
You know, we often say we don't want a song to overstay its welcome.
Ultan Mulhern
Ultan MulhernGUEST
16:06
And so we're always really attentive to the people in front of us, you know.
Ultan Mulhern
Ultan MulhernGUEST
16:10
Yeah.
Ultan Mulhern
Ultan MulhernGUEST
16:10
If their eyes glaze over, you've lost them.
Ultan Mulhern
Ultan MulhernGUEST
16:13
So we keep our songs as short as we can.

31 MINS LATER

John Armstrong
John ArmstrongGUEST
46:54
I'll tell

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