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The Irish Sun
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I tracked down ex-girlfriend who inspired our monster hit 2 decades later – her daughter couldn't believe the reaction
THE Frank and Walters singer Paul Linehan has revealed how he tracked down the ex-girlfriend who inspired their monster hit After All. The 5 Frank and Walters singer Paul Lineha tracked down the ex-girlfriend who inspired their song After All Credit: Getty Images - Getty 5 The Cork frontman dated Katy Linfield in the early Nineties Credit: Katy Linfield 5 The pair lost contact after they split in 1994 Credit: Katy Linfield However, when producers of TV comedy Paul told 'I found a person on Twitter with the same name who might have been her. I messaged 'It's Paul, do you remember me?' Of course she did and we ended up texting.' The former sweethearts later met up before a READ MORE ON FRANKS & WALTERS And the singer shared the news with fans that the woman who inspired After All was in the house when it came time to perform their best-known Katy told 'I was in the middle of hundreds of die-hard Franks fans and the all looked around at me and were asking 'is that you?'. 'I'd brought my 16-year-old daughter Tess along for moral support and she couldn't believe the reaction. Everyone going crazy for the song, and asking 'is this about you?'. It made me feel very special.' Most read in The Irish Sun Graphic artist Katy was 24 when she first met Paul at Paul recalled: 'I thought Katy was stunning and way out of my league. But when she told me she was moving to London the following months, I suggested we meet for a drink.' Bressie's sister left stunned at special wedding surprise when Frank And Walters played for her Paul and Katy were soon an item as the Cork band took off with the Paul said: 'I came back upset about an argument we had and the song After All emerged from that. But the song is a celebration of our love. I was in love with Katy.' Katy was astonished when her song became the Franks' biggest hit, climbing to No11 after the group performed on Top Of The Pops. 'IT WAS A SECRET' She said: 'I didn't tell anyone After All was about me. It was a secret, really.' Paul and Katy dated for two years before they split in 1994. Decades later, Katy now has two daughters and is in a relationship with an artist. 'I GET EMOTIONAL HEARING IT' She told us: 'I get emotional hearing the song. Looking back, it's nice to think it hadn't been for nothing because Paul had been such a huge relationship in my life.' Paul, together with partner Katharina Walter for 20 years, added: 'As I sing in After All, 'I know we fight and our loves gets pushed to the side but it ends alright'.' The Frank and Walters play The Lighthouse, Dun Laoghaire, on July 12. Paul and Katy tell their story in 5 Katy was the inspiration for the mega hit song After All Credit: All photos are copyright Katy Linfield - 5 The popular song was used in the finale of the first series of The Young Offenders Credit: RTE
Irish Independent
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Frank and Walters reveal how an English woman inspired a Cork anthem
The song 'After All' got a new lease of life when it featured on an episode of The Young Offenders, but as RTÉ show Aistear an Amhráin reveals, it's not a song about the city at all It is a song that was released 32 years ago, was revived on a popular TV show just before Covid and has now become something of a de facto anthem for Cork people at home and abroad. After All, the most celebrated song from that most Cork of bands, the Frank and Walters, is now as adored as old standards like The Banks of my Own Lovely Lee. Should Cork hurlers manage to live up to early season expectations and win the All-Ireland for the first time in 20 years this summer, it will be sung lustily at Croke Park. It has long been on the tannoy at Turners Cross, where Cork City footballers ply their trade.
