Showband Era 

The Swingtime Aces was one of the very few showbands who made a name for themselves in the ‘60s without the help of a hit record. Formed in the late ‘50s by bassist Jim Ruane and saxophonist Seán Glynn, who at the time was a teacher in Barnadearg, near Tuam, the Swingtime Aces went on to headline in the first series of “The Showband Show” on RTE television, travel on two successful tours of the U.S.A. and Canada and on numerous tours of Britain.

In the late ‘60s they sponsored their own Monday night radio programme on RTE.