Larry Mullen Jr. final time, to U2 at a farewell concert for Dik Evans, becoming the 4-piece band they are today. Mullen left school in 1978, having taken his Intermediate Certificate exams. The school offered him the chance to complete his Leaving Certificate exams. He and his sister Cecilia worked for an American company in Dublin, involved in oil exploration off the coast of Ireland. Mullen worked there for a year in the purchasing department, with the prospect of becoming a computer programmer in their geology section. In 2016, "Rolling Stone" ranked Mullen the 96th-greatest drummer of all time. In the early days
The Irish Descendants Broderick of Bay De Verde and Bassist Larry Martin of Grates Cove to form the new band The Irish Descendants. In 1991, the Descendants recorded their first album, "Misty Morning Shore", on independent label Duckworth Records. It caught the attention of Warner Music and they signed the band following up with their major label debut "Look To The Sea" in 1993. The record was successful, and was followed by 1994's "Gypsies and Lovers", which saw the band expanded to include drummer Gerard Broderick and keyboardist Kathy Phippard. The album won the band the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year