The two Orphanages became a springboard for a new generation of Irish rock, helping launch the careers of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, Gary Moore and others.

Gary Moore often sat in on live shows in this time as well, before he joined Skid Row, augmenting the band on various instruments.

[3] Their second album, Heavy Petting, was released in September 1970 and included Dave Mattacks on drums and a returning Gary Moore on lead guitar.

Goulding left at the start of 1971 to briefly study Buddhism at Samye Ling monastery and then work on his painting career.

[6] The Woods explained: "We said that if the Strangelies hadn't gotten it together during the time we were on the Continent then we would leave, because six weeks of gigging should pull a band tighter.

In 2005, the group performed an acoustic gig in a cabbage patch as part of a wake for Annie Christmas, of the "Orphanage" house on Sandymount, Dublin, where the band used to live.

[9] On 16 June 2007, the band regrouped for a Bloomsday concert at London’s 12 Bar Club to mark the launch of the archive collection Halcyon Days.

Friend of the band Gary Moore joined Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, and then achieved considerable success as a solo artist before dying from a heart attack on 6 February 2011 (aged 58).