Singer-songwriter Fiach to launch new album
Musician Fiach Moriarty is launching his new album in Club d'Art, Carlow
CARLOW resident Fiach Moriarty is about to release a new album titled on Friday 18 October in Club d’Art, Pembroke.
The lead single from the album features acclaimed singer Damien Dempsey.
Fiach wrote the album about his great-granduncle Jack Kavanagh, who lived in the Liberties and who went to Gallipoli to fight in World War I.
“Like many men from the Liberties area of Dublin, Jack joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and fought in World War I,” said Fiach.
“Jack Kavanagh was a bit of an enigma in our family. My grandmother often told me about him, but my mother and her siblings had never heard of him. During Covid, I signed up to Ancestry.com and discovered all about Jack through his army records. I pieced this together with stories my grandmother had told me about him. I wrote the album chronologically, as I wanted to try to accurately track his life from the Liberties to Gallipoli. I included as much information about Dublin at that time to paint a picture of what it was like for a young man in Dublin in those turbulent times.” The vocals for the single were recorded in John Reynolds’s home studio in Enniskerry, using the same microphone Sinéad O’Connor used for her iconic version of Born into a musical family, Fiach Moriarty began playing the violin at the age of five, teaching himself guitar when he was 12 and then began writing songs. When he turned 18, Fiach attended Ballyfermot College to hone his craft. Fiach first came onto the Irish music scene back in 2010 with his debut album , which featured on RTÉ 1’s Album of the Week. The album resulted in invitations to collaborate with Paul Brady and Eddi Reader as well as tours with Mary Black and Ray Davies of The Kinks. Fiach’s album launch is taking place in Club d’Art, Pembroke, Carlow on Friday 18 October at 8pm, with tickets costing €20. Text 087 2441888 to book a ticket.
