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Cronin was another act from Longford, along with Ross McNerney (Amble), Emily Doyle and more
Longford thrived at Electric Picnic this year. Ross McNerney (Amble), Emily Doyle, and Cronin were present.
Cronin was on the Salty Dogstage stage on the Thursday night, being the first act on-stage and the opening band to launch the event. Mick Cronin made comment about how it went for them:
Read more: Mullinalaghta native coming to Longford's Backstage Theatre for performance
“We had some of our hardcore fans there, and by the end of the gig 1,500. So, it was great. That stage means a lot to us as we’ve played there twice with Shane McGowan back in 2017 and 2018.
"On Sunday night, we did two tributes to our good friend Shane McGowan. And we had Darren Culliney from Ballinamuck. We had a good bit of Longford in the house.”
Read more: Longford Backstage Theatre Group auditions will be open to all
Mick has praised how the event has strengthened. He called it a very successful year for Longford with Amble as well as Aishling O’Reilly from Edgeworthstown on the Today FM stage.
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