{"id":6510,"date":"2025-09-11T19:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/?p=6510"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:16:31","slug":"samhain-sing-song-with-damien-dempsey-tickets-on-sale-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/samhain-sing-song-with-damien-dempsey-tickets-on-sale-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway Samhain Sing Song with Damien Dempsey Tickets On sale now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Intimate all ages concert with limited tickets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raise your “Spirits” this Halloween! Join us for our intimate, all ages “Samhain Sing Song with Damien Dempsey”<\/strong> on October 18th, featuring the incredible Damien Dempsey<\/strong>! Get your tickets now before they are gone – buy here<\/a> to avoid disappointment<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unique event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t just a concert; it’s your<\/em> chance to sing, share stories, and belt out classic Irish tunes as an audience with Damien<\/a> and local musicians. We will be sharing the set list of classic songs in advance of the concert so we can all sing along and raise some spirits this Halloween! The concert is being organised by “Inspiring You<\/a>” who are working with Damien to bring back our #SongsandStories<\/a> traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusive setlist preview!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As promised we are sharing Damien’s Samhain setlist<\/strong> so you will have plenty of time to learn the words and practice your singing! R\u00f3is\u00edn Seoighe<\/strong><\/a> will be guesting on two of the songs – can you guess which two?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The West’s Awake <\/a>  –  lyrics<\/a> 2. The Rocky Road to Dublin<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 3. Paddy on the Railway<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 4. The Cliffs of Dooneen<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 5. The Black Velvet Band<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 6. Cailleach an Airgead<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 7. The Rising of the Moon <\/a> 8. Schooldays Over<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 9. Fields of Athenry<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 10. Sullivans John<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 11. The Galway Shawl<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 12. Raglan Road<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 13. Apple of my Eye<\/a> – lyrics<\/a> 14. Negative Vibes<\/a> – lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Samhain traditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reconnect with our vibrant Samhain traditions<\/strong>, hear fascinating tales from local a local historian and the director of the Rathcroghan Visitor Centre<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embrace our past<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forget the horror, it’s time to embrace our rich Celtic past! With young Galway musicians and plenty of surprises, it’s a night of real-life connection in this special all ages show in an alcohol free environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galway support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ronan Lardner<\/a><\/strong> of GBFM fame will be the MC so plenty of laughs and tall tales are guaranteed. Galway Girl, R\u00f3is\u00edn Seoighe<\/a>,<\/strong> will be a guest performer on the night with more surprises on the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t miss out on Galway’s biggest Halloween sing-song \u2013 let’s show everyone that the West is truly awake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the magic happen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Proudly sponsored by Gaillimh AhBoo<\/strong><\/a> and Cunningham Autopoint<\/a><\/strong> and supported by Foods of Athenry<\/strong><\/a>, MKO<\/strong><\/a> and our media partners The Galway Advertiser<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more contact philip@inspiringyou.ie<\/a> or www.inspiringyou.ie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Intimate all ages concert with limited tickets Raise your “Spirits” this Halloween! Join us for our intimate, all ages “Samhain Sing Song with Damien Dempsey” on October 18th, featuring the incredible Damien Dempsey! Get your tickets now before they are gone – buy here to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,20,58,5],"tags":[48,98,141,89,140,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6510"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6535,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6510\/revisions\/6535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiringyou.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}