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198:, with their name being taken as "Ambro"; they finished in second position. Nee was also a member of the band Hemlock along with fellow St Eunan's students, the Macklin brothers (Colm and Padraig), Brian O'Shea and George Cullen. During summers Nee toured the dancehalls of Donegal with Hemlock, supporting the likes of
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