Search

24 Oct 2025

A real treat in store for Longford music lovers

RTE Folk Music Awards nominee Padraig Jack set to deliver a totally engaging performance

A real treat in store for Longford music lovers

Padraig Jack performs at Backstage Theatre on Friday

Longford music lovers are in for a real treat at Backstage Theatre this Friday, April 4.   

RTE Folk Music Awards nominee Padraig Jack delivers a totally engaging performance, which comprises a series of moments supported by his disarming charm, wit, perspectives on society, Irish history and of course top quality songs in both English and Irish.

Padraig  released his sophomore studio album in autumn 2024. A native of the Aran Islands in the Irish speaking Gaeltacht, a place that has produced the writers Liam O’Flaithearta, Máirtín Ó’Direáin and Breandán Ó’hEithir, Padraig is proudly bilingual both as a conversationalist and a songwriter and writes and sings meaningful songs on guitar and piano in Irish Gaelic and English.

Tickets for  Padraig Jack at Backstage Theatre on Friday, April 4 at 8pm are available from the box office on 043 33 47888.

PICTURES | Art fantastic: Wonderful evening at exhibition opening in Longford's Athena Gallery

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.