Athy's Picture This beat off international competition to win RTÉ Song of the Year award

"We weren't even a band for like a month. We released Take My Hand and thought 'oh shit, we better start a band now'. We just literally made a song and put it out there, and then it took off," explained Hennessy.

placeholder image — "We weren't even a band for like a month. We released Take My Hand and thought 'oh shit, we better start a band now'. We just literally made a song and put it out there, and then it took off," explained Hennessy.

We said that they 'could make waves in the music industry' when the little known duo of Ryan Hennessy and Jimmy Rainsford began recording music in late 2015, and their stunning rise so far was recognised at the RTÉ Choice Music Awards in Dublin last night.

Picture This landed the gong for Song of the Year 2016 with their debut track Take My Hand, beating off internationally known competition from the likes of Niall Horan, The Coronas, Walking on Cars and James Vincent McMorrow.

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Last year's winner of the prize was the ever popular Gavin James, so this award is only handed out to the very best artists in the country.

The two lads have been on a whirlwind journey over the last 18 months or so, selling out gigs all over Ireland and the UK, while they will play at the Longtitude festival in Marlay Park once again this July. Before that they will be touring across America, starting with a gig in Nashville this Saturday night before going on to play in New York and Los Angeles.

They're embarking on another lengthy Irish tour this summer, playing in eight venues, but tickets have been sold out for every gig except the one in Belfast so far.

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