Dolores Keane confirmed for Westport gig

FAMILAR FACE?Dolores Keane, pictured at home in Caherlistrane, is playing a gig in Westport in August.?Pic: Ray Ryan

Dolores Keane confirmed for Westport gig


ONE of Ireland’s best known solo singers, Dolores Keane, is to play a gig in Westport in August. Dolores is back performing and has just announced a major concert tour of Ireland which includes her only Mayo date in the Castlecourt Hotel on Monday, August 4.
Dolores Keane was once described as the ‘Voice of Ireland’ by international star. Nanci Griffith.
Dolores was first introduced to music by her aunts Sarah and Rita Keane and was performing with them by the age of five. She was the first vocalist with De Dannan at the age of seventeen, and with them recorded her immortal version of ‘Rambling Irishman’.
She toured for years with her then husband John Faulkner, and recorded ‘My Own Dear Galway Bay’. Returning to De Dannan for a second round brought her ‘Teddy O’Neill’ and ‘Sweet Forget Me Nots’.
Dolores’ solo career is also memorable for her recordings of ‘Caledonia’ and ‘Never Be the Sun’. Dolores was one of the five female vocalists chosen for the record-breaking ‘A Woman’s Heart’ collection. Her collection ‘The Best of Dolores Keane’ is out now.
Having won her battles with alcohol addiction and most recently, breast cancer, Dolores promises her Westport show to be a memorable night, performing some of her most loved songs. She will be joined on stage by a full band and special guests including another well known Co Galway singer Don Stiffe. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster nationwide and at the Castlecourt Hotel, priced €29.