Fureys to play 13th Town Hall concert
The legendary Fureys, renowned for their hit songs I will Love You, When You were Sweet 16, The Green Fields of France, The Old Man,Red Rose Café, From Clare to Here, Her Father Didn’t Like Me Anyway, Leaving Nancy and Steal Away’ will return to the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday, October 10 to play their 13th concert at the venue
The group have been entertaining audiences worldwide for 37 years and have played for people including former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Former Irish President Mary McAleese, the late Pope John Paul II and Tony Blair.
President Michael D Higgins attended their recent concert in Dublin’s National Concert Hall.
The oldest of the brothers, Eddie Furey left home in 1966 and travelled to Scotland at the time of the great folk revival where he met and shared accommodation in Edinburgh with then unknown folk singers Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty and Alex Campbell, now all famous in their own right. I
In 1969 with his brother Finbar, he was the special guest for the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem throughout the USA and Canada. Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics has credited Eddie with teaching him his first chords on guitar when they met up in the North East of England while Dave was still a teenager.
Tickets are €25 from tht.ie, 091-569777 and the box office.