The Johnstons began performing in the early 1960s in Slane. They signed to
Pye Records in 1965 and
recorded Ewan MacColl's "
The Travelling People", a major
hit for them. The Johnstons had a reunion concert in Canada in 1976, but never performed again. Adrienne Johnston married the band's former manager, Chris McCloud. They moved to America and broke off contact with Ireland; Adrienne's friends and family were unable to get in touch with her to let her know of the deaths of her father and other relatives. She was found dead at her apartment in
Minneapolis on 27 May 1981, aged 36. The cause of death was given as "cerebral contusions and subdural haematoma", apparently resulting from a fall. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances. ==References==