Padraig Jack plays The Crane Bar, Galway
Schedule
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 08:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Crane Bar | Galway, GY
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Aran islands bilingual singer songwriter Padraig Jack returns to The Crane Bar, Galway on Friday October 17th 2025“An absolute sense of sincerity in all his songwriting”
Sean Rocks, RTE Arena
"..Padraig Jack is too talented to ever veer into saccharine territory, authenticity is his hallmark"
The Alternate Root Magazine (USA)
"We must get him in for a session after hearing this"-
Janice Long (BBC Wales)
Irish bilingual singer-songwriter Padraig Jack was born and raised in the Aran islands Gaeltacht which influences his Celtic, Folk, Contemporary music. His RTE Folk Awards nominated hit single about the islands, ‘Making Sand’, helped establish Padraig as one of Ireland’s finest contemporary songwriters with plaudits from Hot Press magazine and Mike Scott (The Waterboys), on it’s release, ‘Making Sand’ spent four weeks at Number 1 on the RTE Radio 1 Airplay Chart.
2024 saw Padraig release his second album ‘These Shores’ and perform to a 4000-strong hometown crowd at the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top as special guest to The Saw Doctors. Padraig started 2025 with sold-out shows at Dublin TradFest and Kilkenny TradFest and he also made his debut at La Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Folk Alliance in Montreal and the St Patrick’s Day Festival in Dublin.
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Where is it happening?
The Crane Bar, 2 Sea Road, Galaway, Ireland, GalwayEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
