The Blarney Girls began life twelve years ago as a trio of Celtic musicians based out of Georgia, featuring the soaring soprano Liz Robbins, the sizzling fiddle of Reva Paget and the solid backbone of guitar, bass and bouzouki of Michael Robbins.
On May 24, 1961 19-year-old Jean Thompson boarded a Trailways bus in Montgomery, Alabama, with 11 other young Freedom Riders bound for New Orleans– and history.