The Sultans of Ping FC are an Irish band formed in 1988 by Niall O'Flaherty, Pat O'Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons. The band's name is a play on the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits".
Niall O'Flaherty, Pat O'Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons were in other bands prior to 1988.
( z1 have-org-role :ARG0 ( z2 and :op ( z3 person :name ( z4 name :op "Niall" :op "O'Flaherty" ) ) :op ( z5 person :name ( z6 name :op "Pat" :op "O'Connell" ) ) :op ( z7 person :name ( z8 name :op "Paul" :op "Fennelly" ) ) :op ( z9 person :name ( z10 name :op "Ger" :op "Lyons" ) ) ) :ARG1 ( z11 band :mod ( z12 other ) ) :time ( z13 prior :op ( z14 date-entity :year 1988 ) ) )