The Pogue Traders + (Matinee Show) + DJ + Damien Dempsey + Special Guests + (Evening Show)

The Pogue Traders Saint Patrick’s Day Matinee Special. Doors 1.30pm   – Fantastic to welcome these guys and gal back to the Dublin Castle again, being as they are the finest Pogues homage imaginable, with every note, inflection, reel and run served up with passion, love and credibility. Wonderful stuff, and not so much a tribute as a continuation of that remarkable band’s incredible music. Since Shane McGowan‘s passing, the poignancy, poetry, intelligence and pure joie de vivre of those sensational songs still resonate when they’re being performed so beautifully well.  And needless to say you’re in the best environment possible for a Guinness soaked early start to your St Pat’s party! The wee back room of the Dublin Castle will be all 32 counties, and the whole global Irish global diaspora, for a few hours today. All welcome. Slainte. Damien Dempsey – Evening Show 7.30pm ticketed separately HERE https://wegottickets.com/event/686618/ Born into Dublin in the mid-’70s, Damien Dempsey emerged as an exciting young talent in the mid-’90s. Dempsey learned to control his wide variety of influences while crafting an extremely original and personal style of folk music. The “Contender” EP arrived in 1995 and his first commercial single, Dublin Town, followed in 1997. His first solo album, They Don’t Teach This Shit in School, was released in 2000. Sinead O’Connor collaborated with Dempsey for the title track of the “Negative Vibes” EP in 2002. Seize the Day was released in 2003. Released in 2005, “Shots” debuted at the top of the Irish albums chart and achieved platinum status before the year was up, and Dempsey was accordingly honoured as Best Irish Male at the Meteor Awards in 2006 & 2007. Dempsey’s fourth studio album, To Hell or Barbados, was released in 2007. An all-covers album, “Rocky Road”, followed in 2008. Dempsey’s sixth LP, Almighty Love, was released in 2012. Two years later, he followed with No Force on Earth, a project commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the 1916 rising. In 2017, Dempsey released the Soulsun album the Union (Deluxe) collaborations album followed a year later. 2023 saw his one man play, Tales from the Holywell, sell out its 20-night run at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. In 2024, his first album of new music in 7 years, Hold Your Joy was released to widespread critical acclaim.