News Round Up: Niamh Parsons, Ciarán Tourish, Liam Kelly & John Doyle

23 January 2018

Audience Reaction

"Don't miss this super tour! Heard them in the @sugarclubdublin last night. Fantastic concert @MusNetIrl!!! Congratulations to all" Fionnuala Moynihan, The Sugar Club

"Excellent concert in Clifden!" Bernadette Mulkerrin, Station House Theatre

"Fabulous show last night in the Pavilion Niamh. Enjoy the rest of the tour

" Maurice McGrath, Pavilion Theatre

"Mighty set of tunes in Birr this evening from Doyle, Kelly, Parsons n Tourish @MusNetIrl @RTElyricfm hup!" Eunan McKinney, Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

"It was an amazing concert ....loved and savored every second. Thanks so much..." Senan Lillis, National Opera House, Wexford

"Really enjoyed the concert in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday Niamh. Great variety and sound." John Devereux, Pavilion Theatre

"Just in from their gig in the Mermaid in Bray - wonderful!" Deirdre Morrissey, Mermaid Arts Centre

"Wonderful gig at the Opera House last night. The interplay between Niamh, Liam, Ciarán and John makes for a quietly thrilling experience. Each of the characters is so well defined, so comfortable in their own skin and so attuned to the others that the show very quickly moves beyond being merely a concert into something almost theatrical. Brilliant." Senan O'Reilly, National Opera House

"A fabulous gig and a great workshop with John Doyle before hand. A mighty day for me and the boys." Brian O'Sulllivan, Kinnegar Brewery

"Well done Niamh, Stunning singing as always. Of course, John was also fantastic. Melody playing at such speed on a guitar! It's very impressive." Darragh Ó hÉiligh, Droichead Arts Centre

"Glad the tour's going well, and deservedly so. It's a cracking gig." Conor Byrne, Linenhall Arts Centre

"Thanks for a wonderful concert, Niamh! Such fine songs, artfully sung." Bill Galloway, Pavilion Theatre

Press

National coverage for this tour included previews from specialist magazines Senior Times and Irish Music Magazine. The Irish Independent also featured a concert of the tour on their website. The concerts were also mentioned in The Irish Times Ticket, and on RTÉ lyric fm The Blue of the Night.

The Irish Times Ticket, Saturday 6 January 2018

Local publicity of the concerts included previews in the Donegal Democrat, Mayo News, Tirconaill Tribune, Offaly Independent, The Corkman and the Sligo Weekender.

Derry People Donegal News Friday, 12 January 2018

Evening Echo (Cork), Thursday 4 January 2018

Offaly Independent, Saturday 12 December 2017

Programme Notes

For each of our tours, we commission influential writers to add flavour to our programmes. Musician, composer and broadcaster Ellen Cranitch wrote the programme notes for the Niamh Parsons, Ciarán Tourish, Liam Kelly & John Doyle tour in January 2018. Read them here.